#TACKLE FOREST FIRES

The Riau Disaster Mitigation Agency has allocated Rp2.4 billion in the province's 2018 regional budget for tackling forest and land fires, the agency's ...

The Indonesian Palm Oil Association (Gapki) has called on its members to play a more active role to help in efforts to extinguish forest fires occurring beyond their ...

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 ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, March 4 (Antarariau.com)- As many as 45 hotspots were detected in seven districts and cities in Riau Province on Friday, according to the Pekanbaru meteorology office.Bengkalis ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, March 3 (Antara)- Pekanbarus meteorology office has detected 52 hotspots in four districts in Riau Province on Thursday.The districts of Bengkalis had 37 hotspots, Siak 10, Meranti ...

The Riau health office has recorded that 25,524 people have fallen ill due to the haze as the air quality has reached unhealthy levels in the ...

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, 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 ...

The Modis Terra and Aqua satellites detected 109 hotspots in Riau province, on Sunday, increasing from 61 recorded earlier, noted Saiq Saqlul ...

Vice President Boediono chaired a coordinating meeting to discuss forest and plantation fires in Riau Province."Yesterday, the ...