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Exposure to forest, land fire smoke worsens COVID-19 risk: Monardo

COVID-19 Handling Acceleration Task Force Chief Doni Monardo cautioned that heavy smoke from forest and land fires, ...

Indonesia successful in minimizing forest fires, claims minister

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, has claimed that Indonesia has successfully ...

Sustainable peatland management crucial in preventing fires: President

President Joko Widodo appealed to ministries and related institutions to ensure sustainability and consistency in ...

Apply technology to prevent land, forest fire: President

President Joko Widodo highlighted the need to apply technology to prevent land and forest fires while monitoring ...

Land, forest fires ravage West Aceh's 2.1-acre land this week

Land and forest fires in Peunaga Cut Ujong Village, West Aceh, burned 2.1 acres of peatland area in the past week due ...

Germany assists Indonesia's peat protection, management

Germany, through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, allocated a three-million ...

Ministry to commence food estate development project in 2020-2022

The Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry has set a target to revive 165 thousand hectares of land as a food ...

Indonesia to optimally utilize Norway's climate fund

The Indonesian government will optimally utilize the climate fund obtained from Norway under a letter of intent (LoI) ...

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Indonesia braces for extreme dry season amid COVID-19

As it battles the coronavirus pandemic, Indonesia, which is currently entering the dry season, is bracing for a ...

Weather modification for rainfall in Riau's peatland areas

Coinciding with the Idul Fitri Islamic Festivity on Sunday (May 24), the Indonesian government conducted climate ...

COVID-19: No new cases in 19 Indonesian provinces; 1,151 recoveries

With 44 more patients recovering from the novel coronavirus disease in the country, the total number of recoveries has ...

Task force projects normalcy in July after social restrictions end

Indonesia's Task Force for the Acceleration of COVID-19 Response expects public activities to normalize in July ...

Women of West Kalimantan's peatland villages produce 10,000 masks

Women members of the Peat Care Villages (DPGs) in West Kalimantan successfully produced 10 thousand cloth masks that ...

Task force teams deployed in Sumatra, Kalimantan to anticipate fires

Indonesia's Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry (KLHK) has deployed task force teams as a precautionary ...

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COVID-19 deals crushing blow to MSMEs

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has not just attacked people, but also indirectly battered the Indonesian ...