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Police should pursue perpetrators of forest fires: President

President Joko Widodo has urged the police to continue with its law enforcement efforts to arrest the perpetrators of ...

Government to revoke licenses of companies found burning land

The Indonesian government will revoke the licenses of plantation companies that have set fires to clear land, which ...

Indonesian military deploys over one thousand soldiers to extinguish fires

The Indonesian Military (TNI) has deployed 1,250 soldiers to extinguish forest fires in Riau Province after President ...

NGO to provide legal counsel to victims of forest fires

The prolonged drought induced by the El Nino phenomenon, has resulted in a water crisis and harvest failure in some ...

Over 12 thousand people taken ill by haze in Riau

Over 12,260 inhabitants of Riau Province have fallen ill due to the haze triggered by forest, peatland, and plantation ...

Indonesia can be saved from haze disaster: Disaster agency

Indonesia can be freed from the haze disaster if it implements several preventive measures and involves the people, ...

Pekanbaru airport opens health post for passengers - (d)

Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, has opened a health post for passengers exposed to haze ...

Haze from Sumatra's wildfires likely to affect Malaysia, Singapore

Haze has engulfed almost all regions on Sumatra Island and is mostly likely to affect Malaysia and Singapore, ...

478 hotspots detected in West Kalimantan

As many as 478 hotspots were detected in West Kalimantan Province until September 1, according to the meteorology ...

No more hotspots, haze in Riau: Meteorology station

The Pekanbaru Meteorology Station has reported that Riau is clear from haze, as rainfall over the past few days doused ...

Riau calls for private companies to help fight wildfires

It certainly is no easy task to break the vicious cycle of annual forest, peat land and plantation fires, which have ...

Riau firefighters extinguish 60 wildfires during January-July period

During the January-July 2015 period, Riaus firefighters have put out 60 fires that have razed forest, peatland, and ...

President Jokowi to visit Riau to assess forest fire situation

The acting governor of Riau, Arsyadjuliandi Rachman, said that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is scheduled to visit ...

President Jokowi should take action against forest fire perpetrators

Forest fires and haze on the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan continue to create trouble for Indonesia despite the ...

REDD+ expected to preserve forests, empower local coomunities

To address the challenge of climate change, Indonesia has been implementing the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ...