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Focusing on mitigating forest, land fires in Sumatra, Kalimantan: govt

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has said that it is currently focusing on mitigating forest and land fires in the ...

Mary Kay Inc. celebrates International Day of Forests and World Tree Day with report detailing impactful partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation

Good things come in trees. Following International Day of Forests and World Tree Day, Mary Kay Inc., a global leader ...

Hyatt completes acquisition of Apple Leisure Group, creating global leader in leisure and luxury all-inclusive travel

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced that Hyatt has completed the previously announced acquisition of ...

Indonesia president urged to take immediate action to protect all remaining orangutans and their habitat following extensive population decline

Indonesia’s president must act now to prevent the irreversible decline of Asia’s only great ape, warns a new ...

Sikka supplies water to 70 drought-hit villages facing water crisis

The disaster mitigation office (BPBD) of Sikka District in Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province, has ...

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Climate change is the front-page story of the rest of our lives

The text from my local police department came without warning or detail – mandatory evacuation. A fire had ...

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The generation that can make peace with nature

Most of us live our lives without a single thought of the environment. I mean, why would we worry about the earth, it ...

Hyatt to acquire Apple Leisure Group, expanding global brand presence in luxury leisure travel

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced that Hyatt has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Apple ...

South Sumatra BPBD dampening peatlands to prevent wildfires

The South Sumatra Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) intensified efforts to dampen peatlands to reduce damage from ...

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Stringent law enforcement crucial to keep forest fire cases down

Indonesia, home to the world's third-largest tropical rainforests, has been successful in significantly reducing ...

26 hotspots detected in North Sumatra: BMKG

Twenty-six hotspots have been detected in several parts of North Sumatra province by Sensor Modis NOAA20, the ...

West Aceh district opens rehab facility for drug users

The West Aceh district administration has set up a rehabilitation facility at a hospital in Beureugang village, Kaway ...

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Indonesia's weather is a study in contrasts

Indonesia is preparing anticipatory measures against extreme weather events as it is prone to hydro-meteorological ...

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 ...