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Haze reduces visibility in Pekanbaru to 50 to 70 meters

Haze from forest and plantation fires reduced the visibility in Pekanbaru to around 50 and 70 meters on Sunday. ...

Racing against time to save Riau`s biosphere reserve from fires

Sumatras Riau Province is badly hit by forest and plantations fires, and the largest number of the hotspots detected ...

Bangladeshi illegal immigrants arrested in Riau

Riau police arrested Eight Bangladeshi nationals, alleged to be illegal immigrants, in Bengkalis district, according ...

10 people named as suspects in Riau`s forested land fires

The Environment Ministry has named 10 people charged with setting fire to forested land in Riau Province last year. ...

WTO needs to consider food resilience: Indonesian parliament

The chairman of inter-parliamentary cooperation of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR), Surahman Hidayat, ...

44 countries support sumatran tiger conservation

The environmental organization Greenpeace pointed out that at least 44 countries have shown support for saving the ...

Indonesia dominates world`s palm oil market

Growing demand for Indonesias palm oil and its domination of the world market was an attracting topic in a ...

President to officially open palm oil conference in Bandung

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will officially open the ninth Indonesian Palm Oil Conference (IPOC) in Bandung, ...

Incentives called for development of downstream palm oil industry

Agriculture Minister Suswono said the finance ministry needs to consider incentive to develop downstream palm oil ...

Indonesia should improve its forest governance index: UNDP

Indonesia should improve its forest governance as its index is still low in order to achieve sustainable development ...

Ministry urged to increase number of spice plantations

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono has urged the Ministry of Agriculture to increase the number ...

Orangutans habitat displaced by oil palm expansion, says official

The massive expansion of oil palm plantations in Central Kalimantan has led to increased environmental damages and ...

Encroachments cause forest fire in Tesso Nilo National Park

Encroachments on forest land have caused forest fires in Tesso Nilo National Park (TNTN) in Riau Province, according ...

Indonesia to prove its CPO products environmentally friendly

Indonesia is currently preparing multiple researches which will prove its palm oil products are environmentally ...

Kadin asks research, technology ministry to study Riau`s haze

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has asked the Ministry of Research and Technology to study ...