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Forest fires seared through 30,477 thousand hectares area in July

Forest fires had consumed a total of 30,477 hectares of area as of July 2019, Agus Wibowo, spokesman of the National ...

50 hectares of land gutted in West Aceh

A fire ravaged over 50 hectares of land in West Aceh District's area, Aceh Province amid the dry season, and ...

Fire razes 50 hectares of peatland area in Aceh

A fire scorched 50 hectares (ha) of peatland area in West Aceh District, Aceh Province. "We have continued to ...

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Indonesia makes serious effort to tackle forest fires

Indonesia is bracing for devastating and frequent forest fires, following the recurrence of bush and forest fires in ...

Palangka Raya works to halt recurrence of forest fires

The authorities in Palangka Raya have been striving to halt the recurrence of bush and forest fires in the Central ...

BPPT uses artificial rain to overcome forest fires

The Technology Assessment and Application Agency (BPPT) uses weather modification technology, better known as ...

Land fires hit East Kotawaringin

Land fires began in East Kotawaringin District, Central Kalimantan, as less rain fell in the past week to make the dry ...

South Sumatra police warn plantation companies

The South Sumatra police have warned plantation companies and farmers in the province against conducting slash and burn ...

South Sumatra adopts precautionary measures to avert forest fires

South Sumatra's Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has taken precautionary measures by increasing surveillance in ...

West Papua receives award from Conservation International

West Papua Province received the Global Conservation Hero Award from the Conservation International (CI) at the ...

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, ...

EU committed to ensuring sustainability of bioenergy: Ambassador

The European Union (EU) is committed to ensuring the sustainability of bioenergy, and is advancing toward its 2020 and ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Rp1 trillion spent on fighting land fires in 2018

The government spent Rp1 trillion for fighting wildfires on peatlands in South Sumatra province last year, Chief of the ...