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Number of Sumatra's fire hot spots increases to 227

The number of hot spots from forest and plantation fires across Sumatra increased from 118 to 227 on Sunday. Of ...

Number of Sumatra`s fire hot spots drops significantly

The NOAA satellite detected 21 hot spots from forest, plantation and peatland fires across Sumatra, including 13 in ...

Forestry Minister in Riau to inspect forest fire control

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan led a coordinating meeting on forest and plantation fire control here on Saturday. ...

When haze attacks three countries, cooperation needed

Haze knows no border. In this current dry season with extreme hot weather, Sumatra is being hit by forest, peatland ...

Pekanbaru`s airport shut down due to thick haze

Sultan Syarif Kasim (SSK) II Airport in Pekanbaru was shut down temporarily, from 8 to 9 am local time, due to thick ...

148 hotspots detected in Riau

Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), said on Wednesday, 148 hotspots have detected in ...

Riau trying to block peatland fires

Four teams of the Riau forest fire and rescue brigade called "Manggala Agni" have been trying to block peatland ...

Riau extremely susceptible to drug trafficking

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) on Wednesday stated that Riau was extremely susceptible to international drug ...

Rat poison allegedly kills two Sumatran elephants

Results of an autopsy showed that rat poison has killed a couple of Sumatran elephants on Friday (May 31), head of ...

Two more sumatran elephants found dead in Riau

Two Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) were found dead, allegedly poisoned, in Tesso Nilo National Park, ...

RI`s oil reserves reach 4.4 billion barrels: SKK Migas

Indonesia`s oil reserves currently reach 4.4 billion barrels or 0.2 percent of global oil reserves, according to the ...

Sumatran elephants run amok in Riau`s oil palm plantation

A herd of Sumatran elephants ran amok in an oil palm plantation in Minas, Riau Province, seriously injuring one worker ...

Chevron to operate Siak Block again

The Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Special Task Force (SKK-Migas) said PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia (CPI) was likely ...

Padang, West Sumatra Ready to Host Tourism Indonesia Mart & Expo (TIME) 2013

The Indonesian annual travel mart, the Tourism Indonesia Mart & Expo (TIME) or 'Pasar Wisata Indonesia' will this ...

Sports minister hints ISG to be held in Jakarta

Youth and Sports Minister Roy Suryo has hinted that Islamic Solidarity Games (ISG) will be held in Jakarta."It is ...