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Balai Raja conservation area's Sumatran elephant population dwindles

The population of Sumatran elephants at the Balai Raja Wildlife Conservation area dropped further to only seven after a ...

Siak police point to economic benefits impelling arsonists

The arsonists, arrested by the police for their alleged involvement in wildfires in Siak District, Riau Province, came ...

Four people named suspects in land and forest fires in S Sumatra

The Banyuasin Police Resort in South Sumatra Province will soon hand over the dossiers of four suspects in land and ...

Air clearer following reduction in hotspots in Sumatra, Kalimantan

A drop in the number of hotspots in Sumatra and Kalimantan to 673 on Monday, 6 p.m. Western Indonesian Standard Time, ...

BPDPKS decides to suspend palm oil export levies until 2020

The Indonesia Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDPKS) will not collect palm oil export levies until late ...

Jokowi's visit to forest fire-ravaged Central Kalimantan shelved

President Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi’s) initial plan to embark on a working visit to Central Kalimantan Province ...

Police name 14 companies as suspects in forest fires

Five companies have been named suspects in land and forest fires by the police in Lampung, thereby adding to the list ...

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Indonesian forest fire chokes millions of people, animals

In June 2019, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMK) had warned that this year's dry season is ...

Five companies, one individual named suspects in fires

Five companies and one individual have been identified as suspects in the forest and land fires in 2019, Forestry and ...

Haze forces cancellation of 33 flights at Pekanbaru

As many as 33 flights to and from Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in the Riau provincial capital of Pekanbaru were ...

ISPA cases in Riau increasing due to smog

The smog from the forest and land fires in Riau Province has increased the number of patients suffering from acute ...

Govt expands plasma land to achieve self-reliance in sugar production

The government aims to achieve self-reliance in sugar production in 2024 by expanding plasma sugarcane plantations ...

Land clearance for plantations causal to Indonesia's forest fires

Rasio Ridho Sani, director general of law enforcement of the Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry, pointed to ...

Kalimantan wildfires force orangutans to trespass on residential areas

Some orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) fled their habitat and trespassed on residential areas in East Kotawaringin District, ...

Walhi presses for stringent measures against firms behind forest fires

The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) of the West Kalimantan chapter urged the government to adopt strict ...