The number of hotspots of forest, plantation and peatland fires in Riau reached 256 on Wednesday morning, more than double the 126 of the previous day. Of the 281 hotspots detected across Sumatra Island, 256 were found in Riau, Slamet Riyadi, the head of the Pekanbaru meteorological, climatology and geophysics agency (BMKG)’s data and information section, […]
Category: Forests
Satellites Detect 126 Hotspots in Riau
Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysiscs Agency (BMKG) claimed to have seen an increase at the number of hotspots in Pekanbaru, Riau. “Tera and Aqua Satellites Observation discovered 126 hotspots in Riau,” said BMKG Analyst Agus Widodo. Earlier on Monday, BMKG detected merely 81 hotspots. Link to full story in Tempo.
Damage to Lorentz National Park Needs Investigation
Reports that parts of the Lorentz National Park have been damaged because of new road construction needs to be investigated, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Papua Director Benja Mambay said. Benja also said the Minister of Forestry has issued a permit but an environmental impact analysis was still being conducted. [Read full text here]
507 Thousand Hectares Forest in NTB Damaged
The rate of forest and land destruction in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) is still quite large. The extent of 507 thousand hectares consists of 230 thousand hectares in forest area and 277 thousand hectares outside the forest region. Whereas forest area is 1,071,722 hectares or 53.14 percent of the entire NTB land on which reached […]
Riau Hotspots Rises, Visibility 500 Metres
The distribution of hotspots in Riau, based on Satellite NOAA18, since Tuesday (11/2) until Wednesday morning (12/2) showed an increase. In Riau recorded 243 hotspots, while in Aceh 75, and 74 hotspots in North Sumatra. This condition causes visibility in Riau only 1 km. Even on Tuesday (11/2) visibility less than 500 m. [Read full […]
Peatland in Kayee Lon, Aceh Jaya, Burned
Peatland where located in Kayee Lon, in the border region between Aceh Jaya and Aceh Barat, burned. Precisely at the border of Teunom subdistrict, Aceh Jaya, with Arongan Lambalek Subdistrict, Aceh Barat.
Haze disrupts flights, schools in Riau
The haze from forest and peatland fires in Riau has begun to disrupt flight schedules at Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in Pekanbaru as well as forcing a number of schools to close. Thick haze in Pekanbaru on Tuesday caused maximum visibility at only around 500 meters. At least five flights at Sultan Syarif Kasim […]
Another Elephant Down in Riau
Another Sumatran Elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) was found dead in Riau. The 30-year-old giant animal was found by the residents of Tasik Serai Village, Bengkalis Regency in the concession area of industrial forest of PT Arara Abadi.
Local Sago Plantation on Fire because of PT. National Sago Prima
Evidence found on forest fires and land in the village of Kepau Baru, District Tebing Tinggi Timur, Meranti Islands Regency in concession area of Sago HTI PT. National Sago Prima. It was announced at a press conference by Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia wilayah Riau dan Jaringan Penyelamat Hutan Riau (JIKALAHARI) on Friday (07/02). The process of […]
Protected forests razed by fire in Riau
Fire, allegedly started by reckless land clearing activities, has ravaged through two conservation forest areas in Riau. According to data from the Riau Natural Resource Conservation Center (BBKSDA), the two areas were Bungkuk conservation hill in Kampar regency and the Nature Tourism Park in Dumai city.