#peatlands

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Singapore lauds Indonesia`s efforts in handling forest fires

Countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are contributing to achieving a smoke-free zone by ...

EARTH WIRE -- Environmental NGOs write to UNESCO highlighting threat to Leuser Ecosystem

An environmental NGO consortium has sent a letter to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

EARTH WIRE -- Habitats of Sumatran animals continue to decline

The habitats of Sumatran animals, including elephants, tigers, and orangutans, continue to decline due to illegal ...

Agency allocates US$7.5 million to restore Riau`s peatlands

Indonesias Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has allocated Rp100 billion (US$7.5 million) to restore Riaus peatlands ...

Task force of forest fire prevention extinguishes land fires

A task force of forest fire prevention workers in Riau province has managed to extinguish the land fires which ...

EARTH WIRE -- TNI wary of forest and land fires in Riau province

The personnel of the Indonesian Army (TNI AD) are wary of the catastrophic forest and land fires in Riau Province, as ...

EARTH WIRE -- Peatland restoration helps prevent forest fires

Set up nearly a year ago, Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has wasted no time in protecting and restoring peatlands ...

EARTH WIRE -- BRG to complete installation of 2,000 wells in C. Kalimantan

Indonesias Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) said, it would soon complete installation of 2,000 wells in peatland ...

South Sumatra to use drone to monitor hotspots

South Sumatra will use an unmanned aircraft, or drone, to monitor hotspots in plantation and forest areas that ...

Norway to develop peatland-friendly agriculture in Indonesia

The Norwegian Ambassador to Indonesia, Stig Traavik, has said his government is ready to help Indonesia to develop ...

BRG, Norway review drilling of borewells in Kampar Regency

The Peat Restoration Agency (BRG), Riau provincial government, and Norwegian Ambassador to Indonesia reviewed the ...

Indonesia`s planned moratorium on oil palm concessions lauded

President Joko Widodos announcement last week about a plan to impose a moratorium on new permits for oil palm ...

Agency to restore over 800 thousand hectares of peatland areas

Two months after its establishment, the Indonesia Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has claimed that it is now ...

Sumatra warned over emergence of forest and land fires

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency-Pekanbaru Station detected 42 hotspots in five provinces of ...

Slash-and-burn method contributes to hotspots in Riau: Official

Several hotspots in Bengkalis District, Riau, are caused by the extreme weather during the dry season and the acts of ...