#wildfires

Collection of wildfires news, found 223 news.

Central Kalimantan takes anticipatory measures against wildfires

Central Kalimantan is taking anticipatory measures to prevent forest and land fires ahead of the peak of the dry ...

BNPB deploys helicopter to mitigate forest, land fires in S Kalimantan

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has deployed a helicopter to assist the South Kalimantan provincial ...

Forest, land fires most common disasters last week: BNPB

Forest and land fires (karhutla) were the most common disasters in the week from July 18 to July 24, 2022, the National ...

Thirty three hotspots detected in East Kalimantan: BMKG

The Indonesian province of East Kalimantan has been warned of potential wildfires as the Meteorology, Climatology, and ...

Kemitraan encourages cluster approach in preventing forest, land fires

The Partnership for Governance Reform, or Kemitraan, encourages the implementation of a cluster approach and the ...

BMKG detects nine hotspots in Aceh

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Class I Sultan Iskandar Muda Aceh Besar has detected nine ...

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 ...