#FOREST FIRES

Pekanbaru, Riau, (Antarariau.com)- President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has ordered every stakeholder to help extinguish forest fires and to tackle haze engulfing parts of Indonesia over the past few ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, (Antarariau.com)- The Riau provincial police have named 32 suspects in forest and plantation fire cases, and 21 of them have been handed over to the attorney s office.The ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, (Antarariau.com)- Smog caused by forest fires led to 16 flight delays and six cancellations at Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport here on Tuesday."Today s flights are affected ...

A total of 1.5 million hectares of Riau s forests had been razed by fires used to clear land for creating plantation areas during the 1980-1990 period, ...

Thick smokes still is blanketing part of Riau disrupting flight schedules from and to this provincial city of Pekanbaru.The Meteorology, Climatology ...

The Indragiri Hulu Police have detained five people for allegedly setting fire to plantation areas that has produced the haze affecting Riau Province."They ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, (Antarariau.com)- Hundreds of students of Riau University here, Monday, staged a rally to express their five-point demands to the government regarding haze disasters.First, the ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, (Antarariau.com)- Pekanbaru Airport has opened a health post for passengers exposed to haze arising from Sumatra s forest fires."We have readied medicines and masks for ...

Pekanbaru, C Kalimantan, (Antarariau.com)- Haze coming from bush fires, has reduced visibility in Pelalawan District, Riau Province, to 50 meters."Pelalawan is the worst affected by haze ...

Some 178 hotspots were detected across 10 districts and one city in Riau Province on Wednesday, according to a local official.Of the total hotspots, 66 were ...