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Malaysia offers three helicopters, 52 staff for Indonesia fire fight

Malaysia has offered three helicopters and 52 personnel to help Indonesia fight forest and land fires, Coordinating ...

Haze from forest fires impacts 2,458 flights nationwide: ministry

The Transportation Ministry has recorded a total of 2,458 flights affected by heavy haze from widespread forest and ...

Indonesia steps up water bombing effort to combat Tanjung Puting fires

Indonesia's Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni said the forest and land fire extinguishing operations are being ...

Indonesian govt monitors haze risk to flights at 16 Papua airports 

Indonesia's Transportation Ministry is monitoring the impact of forest and land fires on 16 airports in Papua, ...

Govt to coordinate response to West Kalimantan fire lawsuit

Indonesian government will coordinate, through the Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and ...

Prabowo approves regional wildfire aid, foreign minister says

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has approved accepting assistance from neighboring countries to help fight forest ...

Cloud-seeding flights shifted to Banjarmasin: forestry minister

Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni said Indonesia was stepping up weather-modification operations to support wildfire ...

RI prioritizes Central Kalimantan, South Sumatra in fire suppression

Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has prioritized firefighting in Central Kalimantan and South ...

Indonesia aims to extinguish forest fires within a month

Minister of Environment Jumhur Hidayat aims to extinguish all forest and land fires in less than a month, as joint ...

Indonesia deploys 60,177 personnel to fight wildfires

Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya said more than 60,000 personnel from various agencies have been deployed to fight ...

Indonesian govt to sanction six more firms over land fires

The Indonesian government will soon impose severe administrative sanctions—including the suspension and ...

Indonesia sustains aerial wildfire response with 50 helicopters

Indonesian authorities continue to use 50 helicopters for water-bombing operations over areas affected by wildfires in ...

Indonesia explains firefighting efforts to Malaysia as haze spreads

Indonesian Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir said he had contacted his Malaysian counterpart, Mohamad Hasan, to explain ...

Deputy Minister urges continued peatland rewetting in fire zones

Deputy Environment Minister Diaz Hendropriyono has called for continued peatland rewetting in drought-affected areas of ...

RI awards military honor to 361 Japan disaster relief personnel

Indonesia's Minister of Defense Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin awarded Satyalancana Dharma Samudera to 361 Japanese ...