#FOREST FIRES

The German Parliament has praised Indonesia for the efforts it made to extinguish the forest fires and mitigate the situation arising as a result thereof.The German ...

Indonesia will raise the issue of forest fire prevention and peatland rehabilitation efforts at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP-21) of the U.N. Framework ...

The Pekanbaru meteorology office recorded 633 hotspots indicating forest and plantation fires in seven provinces on Sumatra Island, Tuesday."The ...

The operations at Sultan Syarif Kasim (SSK) II International Airport of Pekanbaru were paralyzed since Sunday as the haze arising from forest and plantation ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, (Antarariau.com)- The Terra and Aqua satellites detected a total of 769 hotspots in eight provinces on Sumatra Island, on Friday morning."South Sumatra has 537 hotspots, ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, Oct 6 (Antarariau.com)- Haze from the ongoing forest and plantation fires has led to 68 flight cancellations at the Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport here on Tuesday."Today, 68 out ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, Oct 4 (Antarariau.com)- Riau province in Sumatra was covered by the thickest haze in the past few weeks on Sunday although only six fires are found there.According to the local ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, (Antarariau.com)- The Pekanbaru administration has mobilized some paramedics who are on standby for 24 hours to help infants currently evacuated to the Pekanbaru municipality ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, Sept 29 (Antarariau.com)- Mayor of Pekanbaru Firdaus has issued an order to evacuate infants under six months of age in 12 sub-districts badly affected by haze arising from the ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, Sept 28 (Antarariau.com)- The education office of Pekanbaru City, Riau Province, has again shut down elementary, junior, and senior high schools on September 28-29 due to the thick ...