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South Sumatra police join forest fire control efforts

South Sumatra police have dispatched 159 officers to support the preventive and mitigation efforts of the ...

Jambi police arrest two arsonists for torching land for clearance

Police personnel in Tanjab Timur District, Jambi Province, apprehended two local residents for allegedly torching four ...

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COVID-19 adding to challenge posed by forest fires

With Indonesia still in the grip of the coronavirus, which is known to cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), ...

Riau prepares for land and forest fires this year

Riau Governor Syamsuar issued a land and forest fire emergency preparedness status, effective Feb 11-Oct 31, 2020, as ...

Riau plans to issue wildfire emergency preparedness status

The Riau provincial administration unveiled its plan to issue a land and forest fire emergency preparedness status at a ...

Mary Kay continues its commitment to advance skin science research at the Japanese Society of Investigative Dermatology

- As a leader in skincare innovation worldwide, Mary Kay Inc. continued its commitment to advance skin science as a ...

Forest fire-induced haze compels two planes to return to base

Haze emanating from forest fires in Jambi on Wednesday compelled two planes flying toward Jambi to return to base and ...

PAUDs, kindergartens shut temporarily as haze shrouds Jambi

Haze, emanating from forest fires and blanketing Jambi, has thickened, forcing the temporary closure of early childhood ...

Human-elephant conflicts spike in Riau following forest fires

Forest fires blazing in the Tesso Nilo National Park fueled more frequent conflicts between human beings and Sumatran ...

Haze cover over Palembang thickens: Walhi

Haze arising from forest fires and shrouding Palembang, South Sumatra Province, has thickened over the past week, ...

Wildlife flee East Kotawaringin forest fires

Forest fires in East Kotawaringin District, Central Kalimantan Province, have compelled wildlife to flee to safer areas ...

South Sumatra BPBD's five water bombers deployed for fire suppression

South Sumatra's Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has deployed five water bombing helicopters to douse land and ...

BMKG confirms spike in Sumatra's hotspots to reach 543

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported that the number of hotspots in Sumatra had risen to ...

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Forest fires destroy parts of Sumatran elephant habitats

Wildfires ravaging forest areas in Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and South ...

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 ...