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100 soldiers flown to Riau to help fight land, forest fires

A company of 100 soldiers from the Army`s Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad) arrived in Riau province on Sunday to ...

80 hotspots detected across Sumatra Island

The number of hotspots detected across Sumatra Island increased to 80 on Wednesday, from 13 on the previous day. Of ...

157 hotspots detected across Sumatra island on Saturday

A total of 157 hotspots, indicating forest and plantation fires, were detected across Sumatra Island on Saturday, ...

news focus - Prolonged drought triggers forest fires in Kalimantan and Java

The Indonesian government has been working all out to prevent forest fires over the last couple of years and been ...

Satellites detect 154 hotspots on Sumatra island

A total of 154 hotspots indicating forest and plantation fires were detected across Sumatra Island on Thursday. The ...

Almost 500 companies receive sanctions for harming environment

The Indonesian Government has imposed administrative and legal sanctions on nearly 500 companies found guilty of ...

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 ...

Satellites detect 68 hotspots on Sumatra Island

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 68 hotspots on Sumatra Island, a sharp increase from nine on the previous ...

Police need to explain halting investigation on forest fires: Lawmaker

Deputy chairman of Commission III of the House of Representatives Benny K Harman said police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian ...

Satellites detect 13 hotspots in Riau

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 13 hotspots in five districts in Riau Province, on Friday at 5 a.m. local ...

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 ...

More Indonesia airports affected by haze from land fires

More airports are being affected by the haze in Indonesia as flights continue to be disrupted. The head of the ...

No more hotspots, haze in Riau: Meteorology station

The Pekanbaru Meteorology Station has reported that Riau is clear from haze, as rainfall over the past few days doused ...

Riau calls for private companies to help fight wildfires

It certainly is no easy task to break the vicious cycle of annual forest, peat land and plantation fires, which have ...

Riau firefighters extinguish 60 wildfires during January-July period

During the January-July 2015 period, Riaus firefighters have put out 60 fires that have razed forest, peatland, and ...