forest and land fires
Current forest and land fires in Bengkalis district of Riau which blanketed Dumai city with smokes have burned down at least 1,200 hectares of peatland.
As much as 64 hotspots and 157 hotspots, recorded by NOAA and TERRA AQUA satellites, respectively, throughout the country by 23 July have prompted Environment and Forestry Ministry to dispatch its Forest and Land Fires Task Force for ground checks and fire fighting in several locations.
A senior official said that Indonesia’s repeated land and forestry was caused by the same reason, burning peatlands.
At least 2.7 million hectares of primary forest and peat lands lost during six years of moratorium policy implementation in Indonesia.
Though forest and land fires intensity declined in 2016, Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) had instructed regional governments to declare Alert Status at the beginning of the year.
South Jakarta District Court had granted lawsuit of Ministry of Environment and Forestry against PT National Sago Prima (PT NSP) on Riau forest fires in 2015.
Following recent monitoring from Indonesia’s national disaster management that 288 hotspots spotted last week during holidays.
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