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Riau prepares for land and forest fires this year

Riau Governor Syamsuar issued a land and forest fire emergency preparedness status, effective Feb 11-Oct 31, 2020, as ...

Riau plans to issue wildfire emergency preparedness status

The Riau provincial administration unveiled its plan to issue a land and forest fire emergency preparedness status at a ...

15 hot spots detected in Riau: BMKG

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) detected 15 hotspots in six districts of Riau Province on ...

Police arrest five suspects over illegal hunting of Sumatran tiger

A joint team of the police and the Environment and Forestry Ministry has arrested five people over alleged illegal ...

Rainfall improves Riau's air quality

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) attributed improvement in Riau’s air quality, recorded ...

Firefighters attempt to extinguish fire in West Aceh

Tens of firefighters from the West Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) attempted to extinguish a fire ravaging two ...

Land clearance for plantations causal to Indonesia's forest fires

Rasio Ridho Sani, director general of law enforcement of the Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry, pointed to ...

Terra, Aqua satellites identify 1,182 forest fire hotspots in Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellites tracked 1,182 hotspots suggestive of forest fires throughout Sumatra Island on ...

Pekanbaru schools closed after thick smog shrouds city

Thick smog in Pekanbaru, Riau, arising from land and forest fires, has compelled the local government to close schools ...

Air-polluting forest fire hotspots in Riau reach 154

The Pekanbaru meteorology station reported that 448 hotspots were observed throughout Sumatra Island, comprising 154 ...

Sumatra Island ravaged by 584 hotspots representing forest fires

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) Station in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, confirmed the presence of 584 ...

Forest fire-induced haze lowers visibility in Pekanbaru to 1.5 km

Visibility in Riau's capital of Pekanbaru was curtailed to 1.5 kilometers (km) on Saturday at 8 a.m. local time ...

Four helicopters roped in to battle forest fires in Riau

The Riau forest fire task force has employed four helicopters to douse the conflagration spreading across the southern ...

Hotspot detection across Sumatra Island reaches 260

A total of 260 hotspots were identified throughout Sumatra Island on Monday morning, suggestive of forest and peatland ...

Joint team combs Mount Sumbing to ensure fire completely doused

A joint team is conducting a thorough search of Mount Sumbing in Wonosobo District, Central Java Province, to ensure ...