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Collection of wildfires news, found 14 news.

Indonesia urges palm oil firms to step up land fire prevention

The Indonesian government has called on palm oil companies to implement stronger measures to prevent land fires, ...

East Kalimantan still fighting wildfires: official

East Kalimantan is continuing to fight wildfires though the number of hotspots indicating wildfires declined from 183 ...

Strengthen water management amid combined El Nino, positive IOD: BMKG

The Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) urged all parties to strengthen water management to ...

BPBA issues flood, landslide warning in Aceh

The Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBA) has warned that the rainy season may trigger severe flooding and landslides ...

Police's investigation still underway into Mt Papandayan's wildfire

The West Java police continues to investigate the main cause of a wildfire that ravaged bushes and trees of the Tegal ...

Efforts on to put out wildfires in West Aceh

Personnel from the West Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) and a joint team of firefighters were striving to ...

Satellites identify 23 hotspots of forest fires in North Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellites as well as the NOAA20 satellites unearthed 23 medium-category hotspots in North Sumatra ...

Helicopters drop 4.6 million liters water in South Sumatra

Aerial firefighting helicopters dropped over 4.6 million liters of water to help douse forest and land fires at 51 ...

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 ...

P&G embraces natural climate solutions to accelerate progress on climate change and will make operations carbon neutral for the decade

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) announced a new commitment to have its global operations be carbon neutral ...

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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), ...

Government sees dramatic increase in forest fires in Aug-Sep

Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya Bakar, said the Indonesian government is anticipating a potential ...

28 hotspots detected on Sumatra Island

The Meteorological, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has detected 28 hotspots, indicating forest and ...

Over 900 hectares of woods on fire in Siberia

Over 900 hectares of woods are on fire in Siberia, the Emergencies Ministry's regional center reported on Monday. ...