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Fires ravage 60 hectares land in Bintan in one week

Fires have laid to waste around 60 hectares of peatland and bushland in Bintan district, Riau Islands province in the ...

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Stringent law enforcement crucial to keep forest fire cases down

Indonesia, home to the world's third-largest tropical rainforests, has been successful in significantly reducing ...

Pandjaitan launches program to revive mangroves

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, launched a national mangrove ...

Ministry develops sustainable food estate to maintain security

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) is carrying out the development and management of sustainable ...

Six regions in Riau on alert for land, forest fires

An emergency standby status for land and forest fires has been declared in five districts and one municipality in Riau ...

Fires scorch 248 ha of land, forests in Riau

Fires have laid to waste 248.95 hectares of land and forests in Riau province since early this year, chief of the Riau ...

BMKG reports 18 hotspots in Bengkalis District

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded the presence of 18 hotspots indicating forest and ...

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Preserving Indonesia's mangroves crucial for climate change mitigation

Indonesia, which is home to one of the world’s largest mangrove forests, has set a target of rehabilitating 150 ...

BRGM to apply Jokowi-directed strategies to rehabilitate mangrove

The Peat and Mangrove Restoration Agency (BRGM) highlighted that six strategies will be applied to expedite mangrove ...

Bappenas drafts roadmap for wetland management

The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) is drafting a roadmap for the management of wetlands for mangrove ...

Fisheries Ministry builds mangrove nursery in Pasuruan, E Java

The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has built a mangrove nursery in Pasuruan district, East Java, as ...

Zero-emission vehicles incorporated into blue sky program: ministry

Indonesia's Environment and Forestry Ministry plans to incorporate zero-emission vehicles into the blue sky ...

Two provinces' food estate development should be completed in 2021

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) urged the Ministry of Agriculture to complete preparations for food estate development ...

Energy, Mineral Resources Ministry supports endeavors to cut emissions

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arifin Tasrif expressed his ministry’s readiness to implement the global ...

Governors' complete support sought to expedite food estate licensing

President Joko Widodo appealed to governors of provinces, where food estate development was underway, to offer complete ...