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Haze-induced visibility impairment in Pekanbaru reaches two kilometers

Haze, arising from forest fires, has lowered visibility in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, to two kilometers, or two thousand ...

BRG to develop more peat rewetting infrastructure in Riau

The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) will develop infrastructure for peat rewetting in areas in Riau Province, with no ...

BNPB ready to deploy more helicopters to put out forest fires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) is ready to deploy more helicopters to put out land and forest fire in ...

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Tackling forest fires in 5 Indonesian provinces

Several children attending the Islam Akramunnas Kindergarten in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, had no option but to wear ...

Jokowi instructs to immediately extinguish forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given orders to immediately put out the forest fires currently raging in several ...

Some 5,929 deployed personnel douse forest fires in five provinces

Some 5,929 personnel, comprising military, police, and civilian officers, were deployed to extinguish forest fires in ...

53 hotspots detected in Riau Province

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

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Awaiting a brighter, certain future for Indonesia's forests

With Presidential Instruction (Inpres) No. 6 of 2017 on postponement of issuance of new licenses and improving ...

Fire razes hectares of peatland on Pekanbaru's outskirts

Fire has razed 15 hectares of peatland on the outskirts of the Riau provincial capital of Pekanbaru since Friday (July ...

11 provinces should declare alert status for forest fire: Ministry

The Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs has appealed to 11 provincial administrations ...

ITPC brands Hajj pilgrim buses to promote Indonesia's export products

Indonesian Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) and Indonesian Consulate General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, are promoting ...

Tens of hectares of peatland in Mempawah ravaged by fire

Fire, in the last 72 hours, has burnt down over 80 hectares of peatland in Rasau Village, Sui Pinyuh Sub-district, ...

TNI's 70 personnel in Kapuas Hulu to tackle forest fire

The Indonesian Military (TNI) has readied 70 personnel in Kapuas Hulu District, West Kalimantan, as a precautionary ...

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 ...

Police detains suspect in Kampar peatland fire

Riau Police has arrested a man identified by his initial MH for allegedly ignited a fire in a peatland area, when he ...