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Stringent law enforcement crucial to keep forest fire cases down

Indonesia, home to the world's third-largest tropical rainforests, has been successful in significantly reducing ...

No compromise on handling forest arsonists: Indonesian president

President Joko Widodo stressed that the law enforcement apparatus should handle forest arsonists without ...

Jokowi chairs meeting to tackle forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) chaired a meeting at the State Palace here on Tuesday to discuss efforts to combat ...

Satellites identify 152 hotspots on Sumatra Island

The Terra and Aqua Satellites, on Tuesday, at 6 a.m. local time, detected 152 hotspots on Sumatra Island, including 75 ...

Haze-induced visibility impairment in Pekanbaru reaches two kilometers

Haze, arising from forest fires, has lowered visibility in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, to two kilometers, or two thousand ...

BNPB ready to deploy more helicopters to put out forest fires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) is ready to deploy more helicopters to put out land and forest fire in ...

Forestry Ministry watching activities of 300 forestry companies

Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya said the ministry is watching more closely the activities of 300 ...

Indonesians Urged to Beseech God for Rains as Prolonged Drought Hits Hard

- Indonesia is now being hit hard by the current prolonged drought induced by El Nino weather phenomena that has ...

S. Sumatra to maximize efforts to extinguish land fires

South Sumatra will maximize its efforts to put out forest and land fires by using the assistance of foreign aircraft, ...

Indonesia welcomes foreign assistance in battling forest fires - (d)

After taking months to tackling, Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said the government of Indonesia would welcome ...

Govt investigates hundreds of businesses over haze

The Indonesian government is now investigating a total of 276 business entities suspected to have caused forest fires ...

Kadin asks research, technology ministry to study Riau`s haze

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has asked the Ministry of Research and Technology to study ...

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 ...

President orders ministries to put out forest fires

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered all ministries and relevant institutions to put out forest fires in Sumatra ...

Artificial rains being considered to put out forest fires

Forest fires have hit several provinces in Indonesia over the past few months and produced haze that has had an effect ...