#land fires

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14 suspects in Riau land fires arrested

The Riau haze management task force has arrested 14 people suspected of involvement in land fires in five different ...

Thousands of soldiers deployed to fight fires

Thousands of soldiers have been sent to fight remaining forest and land fires in six locations in Riau province. ...

Any company causing fires to be punished: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has pledged punishment for any company found negligent to cause forest and land ...

Nine already arrested over forest fires

Nine people have been arrested in connection with forest and peat land fires in several places in Riau. "One ...

Take firm action against forest fire perpetrators

The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) has asked the government to take the firmest possible action against ...

Forestry Minister in Riau to inspect forest fire control

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan led a coordinating meeting on forest and plantation fire control here on Saturday. ...

148 hotspots detected in Riau

Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), said on Wednesday, 148 hotspots have detected in ...

Artificial rains being considered to put out forest fires

Forest fires have hit several provinces in Indonesia over the past few months and produced haze that has had an effect ...

Forest fires could hinder C02 cutting efforts

Forest fire hot spots have been detected in around 10 provinces in Indonesia during the present dry season which has ...

RI's reforestation program to absorb 47.6 bln tons of carbon gases

Indonesia is resuming its reforestation program this year, having set itself the target of planting at least 1.7 ...

BMKG: hot spots in 361 locations in Sumatra

The number of hot spots in Sumatra island has been increasing rapidly to 381 locations, the Riau Meteorology, ...

BMKG detects 203 hot spots in Sumatra Island

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has detected 203 hot spots across Sumatra island, an ...

Smog crates new hotspots in Sumatra

Thick smog has been covering Dumai in Riau province, caused by newly appearing hotspots. The weather agency had ...

Hotspots detected in 15 sub districts in Kotawaringin Timur

Hotspots have been detected in 15 sub districts, Kotawaringin Timur District, Central Kalimantan, from August 1 to 17, ...

Thick smog causes flights transfer at Dumai Airport

Operational chief of Pinang Kampai airport at Dumai Riau Irvan said that thick smog has caused flights to be ...