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Wildfires destroyed 222 hectares of land in West Aceh

Wildfires in West Aceh District, Aceh Province, had destroyed some 222.5 hectares (ha) of land and forest areas in ...

Better efforts needed for disaster preparedness and mitigation

Natural disasters that have hit Indonesia up to June 2017 include floods (37.4 percent), whirlwinds (29.2 percent), ...

EARTH WIRE -- Polluted environments kill 1.7 million children a year: WHO

A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty ...

EARTH WIRE -- President Jokowi calls for increased vigil against forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has reminded ministers and regional authorities to remain vigilant against forest ...

Yearender - Indonesia successfully fights forest fires in 2016

Many inhabitants of Riau Province have a fleeting sense of relief since, for the first time in the past 18 years, they ...

Australia, Indonesia help farmers to overcome climate change

Australia is working together with Indonesian forestry and agriculture industries to prevent forest and peat fires as ...

Saudi Arabia ambassador assures hajj quota would be increased

The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Indonesia, Osama Mohammed Al Shuibi, has pledged to increase the hajj quota for ...

EARTH WIRE -- Authorities in Indian capital closes schools for three days as air quality worsens

Chief Minister of New Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday all schools in Indian capital city would remain closed for ...

313 Indonesian pilgrims passed away during 2016 hajj season

Eight more Indonesian pilgrims passed away in Mecca on Monday, two days before the end of the Hajj season, bringing ...

Indonesian pilgrims grateful for smooth 2016 hajj implementation

Tens of thousands of Indonesian pilgrims who have started returning home after performing Hajj pilgrimage this year, ...

Second Global NCD Alliance Forum to be held in Sharjah, UAE in December 2017

- The NCD Alliance yesterday evening announced that the second Global NCD Alliance Forum will take place on 9-11 ...

Legal enforcement stepped up to combat forest fires

Riaus inhabitants have long yearned to lead a haze-free existence as they have reeled under the impacts of smoke ...

All-out fight against forest fires in Sumatra, Kalimantan

The Indonesian authorities had a fleeting sense of relief that there had been no haze from forest fires until early ...

Some 300 families in Riau flee homes due to wildfire

Some 300 families from three sub-districts in Riau province began fleeing their homes on Saturday (August 27) due to ...

Menarini Group and MSD extends global partnership to the Asia-Pacific region

- Singapore-based A. Menarini Asia-Pacific Holdings Pte Ltd (“Menarini Asia-Pacific”) and MSD have embarked ...