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Haze affects health of 28,000 residents in Riau

More than 28,000 people are suffering from various smoke-related diseases, due to forest and land fires occurring over ...

Haze from Riau will not disperse to Singapore and Malaysia

The haze from the Riau Province in Sumatra will not disperse to Singapore and Malaysia, although a total of 1,234 ...

Four districts declare emergency status due to haze

Four districts in the Riau Province have declared a state of emergency due to the haze arising from forest, plantation ...

Malaysia not to assist Malaysian firms burning land in Indonesia

The Malaysian government will not provide assistance to Malaysian companies that violate Indonesian regulations, ...

Haze forces temporary closure of schools in Pekanbaru

The Pekanbaru education office has temporary closed kindergartens and elementary schools partly in the city, which ...

One in 10 could live in climate hotspots by 2100

One out of 10 people around the world is likely to live in a place where two or more sector such as crop yields, ...

18 suspects detained over forest fires

Police have arrested 18 suspects in connection with forest and land fires in the Sumatran province of Riau. ...

Thousands of soldiers deployed to fight fires

Thousands of soldiers have been sent to fight remaining forest and land fires in six locations in Riau province. ...

Forest protection responsibility of all parties

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said the protection of tropical forests in Indonesia was the responsibility of ...

Foreign firms allegedly involved in Riau forest fires

Environment Minister Balthasar Kambuaya has alleged that a number of foreign firms are involved in the current forest ...

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`s forests shrinking

A local non governmental organization said conversion has significantly cut the size of Riau`s tropical forests over ...

Migratory birds arrive in Riau forests

Hundreds of migratory raptors and Tringa brevipe birds have arrived in forest areas along the coast of Rupat Isle, ...

Riau forest fires discussed at ASEAN meeting

Representatives of five ASEAN member countries recently met in Singapore for talks about joint efforts to overcome ...