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Indonesia targets 30 companies over forest fires, seeks fines

Indonesia, Aug. 24 -- The Indonesian government is taking legal action against approximately 30 companies over forest and land fires this year, seeking nearly 15 trillion rupiah ($847.9 million) in st... Read More


Govt expands wildlife conservation cooperation with India's Vantara

Jakarta, Aug. 24 -- Indonesia is expanding its wildlife health and in-situ conservation programme in cooperation with India's pioneering wildlife rescue, care, and conservation initiative, Vantara, an... Read More


Indonesia, Uruguay seek stronger agricultural ties

Jakarta, Aug. 24 -- Uruguay has offered to strengthen bilateral agricultural ties with Indonesia, focusing on capacity-building programs for Indonesian farmers, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affa... Read More


65 Red and White Fishing Villages ship 273.6 tons of fish

Jakarta, Aug. 24 -- Indonesia generated 273.6 tons of fishery products worth Rp11.10 billion (around US$620,000) from the operational trial of 65 villages under the Red and White Fishing Villages (KNM... Read More


South Kalimantan forms team to tackle fires at three priority sites

Banjarbaru, Aug. 24 -- South Kalimantan has formed a special team to accelerate responses to forest and land fires at three priority locations in Banjarbaru, Deputy Coordinating Minister for Food Affa... Read More


BNPB airlifts 75-year-old quake survivor from remote island

Jakarta, Aug. 24 -- Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) facilitated a medical air evacuation for a 75-year-old man named Yohanis Riba, injured by collapsing debris during a 7.7-magn... Read More


Police hold trauma-relief session for quake-hit children in NTT

Jakarta, Aug. 24 -- Indonesian police search-and-rescue personnel held a trauma-relief session on Sunday (August 23) for children affected by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake at an evacuation center in Mang... Read More


NTT quake: BNPB airlifts relief supplies to Sikka's outermost island

Jakarta, Aug. 24 -- Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) deployed additional relief supplies Sunday (August 23) to earthquake-hit residents on Sukun, an outermost island in Sikka Dis... Read More


East Nusa Tenggara quake death toll rises to 100

Jakarta, Aug. 24 -- The death toll from a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province on Aug. 15 has risen to 100, official agencies confirmed Monday. "Fataliti... Read More


Indonesian lawmakers back crackdown on forest fire masterminds

Jakarta, Aug. 24 -- The Indonesian police's pledge to prosecute not only field operators but also masterminds and financiers behind forest and land fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra has won support from... Read More