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Four development projects receive 37 million euros funding

Indonesia and Germany inked a cooperation agreement under which four development projects will receive funding of 37 ...

South Sumatra forest fire task force identifies five fire-prone areas

The South Sumatra Forest and Land Fire Task Force has identified five fire-prone areas, the districts of Ogan Ilir, ...

Low-carbon development crucial to achieving economic growth of 5.7 pct

The environmental director of the Ministry of National Development Planning/The National Development Planning Board ...

Aceh's six-hectare palm oil plantation area ravaged by fire

The local firefighting squad, Thursday, made sustained attempts to extinguish the fire ravaging six hectares of the ...

BRG conducts revegetation in Giam Siak Kecil Biosphere Reserve

The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has taken measures to replant local species in the Giam Siak Kecil Bukit Batu ...

S. Sumatra to likely face longer drought: Disaster Mitigation Agency

The South Sumatra Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has forecast that this year's drought may last longer than that ...

UN Environment Assembly adopts five resolutions initiated by Indonesia

The Fourth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) adopted five resolutions initiated by Indonesia, ...

Terra and Aqua Satellites detect 165 hotspots in Riau, Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua Satellites, on Wednesday morning, detected a total of 187 hotspots on Sumatra Island, including 165 ...

86 hotspots detected in Riau

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that 86 hotspots were detected in Riau Province, ...

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Prioritizing preventive measures against forest fires

The Indonesian authorities have claimed that te number of forest fires had reduced some 85 percent over the past ...

Ministry focuses on preventive measures against forest fires

The Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry`s Forest and Land Fire Control Brigade, Manggala Agni, and ...

Joint team has put out 80 percent of peatland fires in Nagan Raya

A joint team of the Indonesian military, police and regional disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) has put out some 80 ...

Forest fires gut 1,136 hectares of area in Riau

Forest fires have gutted a total of 1,136 hectares (ha) of forest and plantation areas in Riau Province since January ...

Thousand of Riau residents suffer respiratory problems due to haze

Thousand of residents in Riau Province have suffered respiratory problems after they were exposed to air pollution ...

Governor calls on people to cultivate peatlands for farming

West Kalimantan Governor Sutarmidji has called on people to utilize peatland areas in the region to plant horticulture ...