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Jambi faces crop failure, clean water crisis following prolonged drought

The intense dry season has led to drought in Jambi, with thousands of hectares of rice fields potentially facing crop failure and residents running out of clean water.

Opinion 7 years ago

Taking lessons from 2015 forest fire disaster

The devastating forest fires four years ago, the worst in two decades, still loom over the conscience of the government after the Supreme Court on July 16 rejected an appeal filed by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo against a lower court ruling that found his government guilty of failing to prevent the forest fires.

National 7 years ago

Smoke forces suspension of school activities in Riau

Authorities in Dumai, Riau, have distributed free face masks and asked parents to pick up their children from school early because of air pollution.

National 8 years ago

Fire kills 7-year-old boy, injures two in West Kalimantan

The police suspect that the fire was started by the victim's family, but cannot confirm this due to a lack of witnesses.

News 8 years ago

Visitors of Komodo National Park prohibited from cigarette butt littering

Following a fire that burned 10 hectares of savannah on Komodo Island, the national park operator in East Nusa Tenggara has prohibited visitors from cigarette butt littering.

National 8 years ago

More land, forests burned down in Jambi

Land and forest fires have been detected in the regencies of Batanghari and Kerinci, as well as Sungai Penuh city in Jambi, the Batanghari Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has said.

National 8 years ago

Two arrested over fires allegedly set to clear land

As authorities in Riau crack down on illegal logging and slash-and-burn practices, two residents have been arrested in separate locations after reportedly being caught red-handed clearing land for oil palm plantations.

National 8 years ago

Riau ups wildfire alert status

The Riau administration has increased the emergency status for peatland and forest fires in the province to alert level 3 following fires that burned down hundreds of hectares of peatland as the region enters the dry season this year.

National 8 years ago

Fire burns 12 hectares of Mount Rinjani area

Fire engulfed about 12 hectares of land in the Mount Rinjani National Park (TNGR) in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).

National 9 years ago

Suspected land burner arrested in Riau

The Riau Land and Forest Fire (Karhutla) task force has arrested a suspected land burner in Meranti Island regency.

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Jambi faces crop failure, clean water crisis following prolonged drought

Taking lessons from 2015 forest fire disaster

Smoke forces suspension of school activities in Riau

Fire kills 7-year-old boy, injures two in West Kalimantan

Visitors of Komodo National Park prohibited from cigarette butt littering

More land, forests burned down in Jambi

Two arrested over fires allegedly set to clear land

Riau ups wildfire alert status

Fire burns 12 hectares of Mount Rinjani area

Suspected land burner arrested in Riau

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PREMIUM Jambi faces crop failure, clean water crisis following prolonged drought

Taking lessons from 2015 forest fire disaster

Smoke forces suspension of school activities in Riau

Fire kills 7-year-old boy, injures two in West Kalimantan

Visitors of Komodo National Park prohibited from cigarette butt littering

More land, forests burned down in Jambi

Two arrested over fires allegedly set to clear land

Riau ups wildfire alert status

Fire burns 12 hectares of Mount Rinjani area

Suspected land burner arrested in Riau

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Jambi faces crop failure, clean water crisis following prolonged drought