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BNPB predicts forest fires to increase

Indonesias National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) predicted that forest and land fires would continue to increase ...

Better efforts needed for disaster preparedness and mitigation

Natural disasters that have hit Indonesia up to June 2017 include floods (37.4 percent), whirlwinds (29.2 percent), ...

73 hotspots detected across Sumatra Island

The meteorological, climatology and geophysics agency (BMKG) has detected 73 hotspots in 10 provinces across Sumatra ...

Helicopter drops 40 tons of water to extinguish Riau fires

Riau Provinces forest and land fire task force has deployed an MI-8 helicopter to drop 40 tons of water to extinguish ...

Yearender - Indonesia successfully fights forest fires in 2016

Many inhabitants of Riau Province have a fleeting sense of relief since, for the first time in the past 18 years, they ...

140 hotspots detected in West Kalimantan

A total of 140 hotspots indicating forest, peatland and plantation fires, were detected in West Kalimantan Province, ...

Police chief orders arrest of forest fire perpetrators

National Police chief General Tito Karnavian has ordered the arrest of the perpetrators of forest and land fires. ...

Legal enforcement stepped up to combat forest fires

Riaus inhabitants have long yearned to lead a haze-free existence as they have reeled under the impacts of smoke ...

All-out fight against forest fires in Sumatra, Kalimantan

The Indonesian authorities had a fleeting sense of relief that there had been no haze from forest fires until early ...

Satellites detect 68 hotspots on Sumatra Island

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 68 hotspots on Sumatra Island, a sharp increase from nine on the previous ...

BNPB declares six provinces in emergency of forest fires

The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said six of Indonesian provinces are in emergency of forest and bush ...

Five provinces declare alert emergency status

Five governors have declared an emergency alert status in anticipation of land and forest fires in their provinces, ...

President bans permits for peatland cultivation

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the ban on the issuance of new licenses for cultivation on peatland was intended ...

UN appreciates Indonesia`s handling of radicalism

The United Nations has expressed appreciation to Indonesias efforts in handling radicalism through not only law ...

Government to buy four Russian Beriev aircraft

Indonesia will buy four Russian Beriev BE-200 aircraft for its armed forces and will also be used to conduct cloud ...