Indonesia, June 5 -- Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni on Thursday reported a significant decline in the incidence of forest and land fires in Indonesia over the past decade.

"Based on the latest data on the declining trend in forest and land fires, in 2015, the total affected area reached 2.6 million hectares, which dropped to 1.6 million hectares in 2019, and to 1.1 million hectares in 2023," Minister Antoni informed here on Thursday.

At the 2025 National Forest and Land Fire Handling Preparedness Routine activity in Pontianak, he said the decline was the result of strong collaboration among stakeholders, including the central and regional governments, the Indonesian Military (TNI), National Police (Polri), and the community.

"Howev...