#thick haze

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Strict law enforcement ordered against forest fire perpetrators

As haze shrouded Sumatras cities over the past two months, President Yudhoyono has ordered strict law enforcement to ...

Four tigers wander around as their habitat catches fire

Four Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) were wandering in the area where fire brigade personnel were ...

Visibility only 50 meters in Riau due to haze

The worsening forest fires in some areas of Riau Province has reduced the visibility to about only 50 meters, an ...

US offers training for forest rangers in Indonesia

The United States plans to offer training for forest rangers in Indonesia to enable them to tackle incidents such as ...

Dumai to declare forest fire alert to highest level

The Dumai city administration is soon set to declare the highest level of alert status after haze originating from the ...

Thick haze in Riau disturbs air transportation

Planes heading to Sultan Syarif Kasim international airport, Pekanbaru, Riau province, are forced to circle around ...

Batam-Pekanbaru flight cancelled in anticipation of haze

Lion Air decided to cancel its flight serving the Batam-Pekanbaru route on Wednesday morning in anticipation of haze ...

Java's Merapi erupts again

Mount Merapi, the most active volcano in Indonesia, spewed volcanic material and thick smoke on Monday morning at ...

Malaysian suspects banned from traveling overseas

The Indonesian Law and Human Rights Ministry has issued an overseas travel ban on two Malaysian nationals suspected of ...

Forest fires return in Riau province

Following a prolonged rainy season, Indonesia is currently experiencing a very dry period that has again triggered ...

ASEAN lauds Indonesian`s efforts to fight forest fires

ASEAN environment ministers have praised Indonesia for its quick act to combat land and forest fires that caused air ...

Indonesia launches all-out fight against forest fires

As haze coming from forest, plantation and peatland fires has affected thousands of lives of people in Sumatra as ...

People in fire-affected Dumai hold prayer for rain

Hundreds of residents of Dumai, Riau Province, here on Tuesday held a special prayer for rain, called "Sholat Istisqa" ...

Forestry Minister in Riau to inspect forest fire control

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan led a coordinating meeting on forest and plantation fire control here on Saturday. ...

When haze attacks three countries, cooperation needed

Haze knows no border. In this current dry season with extreme hot weather, Sumatra is being hit by forest, peatland ...