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53 hotspots detected in Riau Province

The Terra and Aqua satellites have detected 53 hotspots indicating forest fires in Riau Province Saturday afternoon, a ...

Military commander, police chief visit Mesuji clash victims

Commander of the Sriwijaya Military Regional Command (Kodam) II Major General Irwan and South Sumatra Provincial Police ...

South Halmahera's emergency response period extended: govt

The South Halmahera District Government has extended the emergency response period until July 28 because many ...

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Indonesia pays serious attention to forest fires handling

Indonesia is bracing for devastating and more frequent forest fires, following the recurrence of bush and forest ...

Seven villages in Kapuas Hulu prone to forest, land fires

Seven villages in the Kapuas Hulu District, West Kalimantan, are prone to forest and land fires, according to the local ...

Helicopter helps distribute aid in quake-stricken South Halmahera

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) sent an MI-8 helicopter to distribute relief aid to victims of a ...

President calls upon military, police cadets to safeguard Indonesia

President Joko Widodo called upon the Indonesian National Armed Force (TNI) and Indonesian National Police (Polri) ...

Young officers should keep up with technological developments: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) urged teenage officers, who graduated from the Police and Military Academy in 2019, to ...

Forest fires seared through 30,477 thousand hectares area in July

Forest fires had consumed a total of 30,477 hectares of area as of July 2019, Agus Wibowo, spokesman of the National ...

House Speaker meets with President Jokowi to discuss national issues

House Speaker Bambang Soesatyo held a meeting with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) at the presidential palace, here, on ...

Pekanbaru shrouded in haze from forest fire

Tampan and Senapelan Sub-districts in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, Sumatra Island, on Sunday were shrouded in haze coming ...

Manggala Agni continues fire-fighting efforts in Kampar peatland

The forest fire brigade of the Environmental and Forestry Ministry (Manggala Agni) continued its efforts to extinguish ...

Fire razes 50 hectares of peatland area in Aceh

A fire scorched 50 hectares (ha) of peatland area in West Aceh District, Aceh Province. "We have continued to ...

Aceh's 20-hectare peatland engulfed by fire amid dry season

Fire scorched 20 hectares of peatland in two villages of Nagan Raya District, Aceh, Thursday afternoon, amid the dry ...

South Sumatra police warn plantation companies

The South Sumatra police have warned plantation companies and farmers in the province against conducting slash and burn ...