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The Bengkalis District Head, Amril Mukminin, has instructed every village chief and sub-district head in his region to stay alert around the clock and carry out ...

A forest fire task force has sent four units of aircraft to drop water bombs to prevent fires from ravaging more areas in Riau.Two units ...

Pekanbaru, Riau (Antarariau.com)- The Riau Police have named 85 suspects over wildfires during the January-August 2016 period.The cases are being handled by 11 resort police stations across Riau, ...

Some 600 hectares of forest, peatland and plantation areas were gutted by fires over the past one week, Commander of the forest fire task unit of Riau Province, ...

Pekanbaru, Riau (Antarariau.com)- Haze originating from forest, peatland, and plantation fires engulfed Dumai City, Riau Province, on Thursday.Visibility decreased to five kilometers, from usually ...

The Terra and Aqua satellites of NASA have detected a total of 365 hotspots across Sumatra Island on Wednesday morning, a drastic increase from 92 recorded on the ...

Pekanbaru, Riau (Antarariau.com)- The number of hotspots across Sumatra Island has increased significantly to 159, from 92 the previous day.Of the total 159 hotspots, 92 were found in Riau Province, ...

Pekanbaru, Riau (Antarariau.com)- Indonesia s National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) detected 92 hotspots across Sumatra Island, mostly in Riau Province, on Sunday."This afternoon, ...

Forest and bush fires have again begun a new wave of destruction, which comes almost every year in the province of Riau.Fire broke out first in Air Hitam in the ...

Jakarta (Antarariau.com)- Indonesia s Minister of the Environment and Forestry, Dr Siti Nurbaya, has decided to cancel a cooperation agreement between the Ministry s Riau Conservation Agency and the ...