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Peatland Restoration Agency established to prevent forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), under Presidential Regulation No. 1 of 2016, dated January 6, 2016, has established a ...

Environment ministry to establish peat land restoration agency

The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry will establish a Peatland Restoration Agency for land conservation ...

Number of hotspots in Sumatra drops significantly

Only 13 hotspots indicating forest and plantation fires were detected across Sumatra Island on Wednesday morning, a ...

557 hotspots detected across Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 557 hotspots indicating forest and plantation fires across Sumatra Island on ...

Haze-chocked Inhabitants of C Kalimantan Cry for Help

The thick hazardous haze shrouding Central Kalimantan over the past two months has become so unbearable that many ...

Indonesia, Japan to cooperate to extinguish forest fires

Indonesia and Japan have agreed to cooperate in the ongoing fire fighting efforts by delivering a special liquid ...

Indonesia to utilize foreign assistance to extinguish forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will utilize several offers of assistance from foreign countries to extinguish forest ...

Indonesia working hard to extinguish forest fires: President

Indonesia has been working hard to extinguish the forest and land fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan Islands by ...

NGO to provide legal counsel to victims of forest fires

The prolonged drought induced by the El Nino phenomenon, has resulted in a water crisis and harvest failure in some ...

Jakarta Police confiscate 115 kg meth, arrest 23 suspects

The Jakarta Police seized 115 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and 5,450 ecstasy pills during a two-week-long Nila ...

Over 12 thousand people taken ill by haze in Riau

Over 12,260 inhabitants of Riau Province have fallen ill due to the haze triggered by forest, peatland, and plantation ...

Smog in Sumatra compels students to stay home in Payakumbuh

Thick smog caused by forest and land fires in Sumatra Island has forced the Payakumbuh city government in West Sumatra ...

Stern law enforcement needed to tackle forest fires

The problem of haze has been getting worse on Sumatra Island, forcing flight delays and temporary school shutdowns, ...

Riau university students voice five demands concerning haze disaster

Hundreds of students of Riau University here, Monday, staged a rally to express their five-point demands to the ...

Haze from Sumatra's wildfires likely to affect Malaysia, Singapore

Haze has engulfed almost all regions on Sumatra Island and is mostly likely to affect Malaysia and Singapore, ...