Home | Sitemap | Login

   

Peatland News

Title: Riau pledges to put out fires
Date: 14-Mar-2006
Category: Indonesia-Peatland,Haze and Fire
Source/Author: New Strait Times (Malaysia)
Description: Riau's top leader today gave an assurance that the provincial Government would act aggressively to put out fires which have been blazing in some 20,000 hectares of forests in the province over the last two weeks. Riau Governor Rusli Zainal said the Indonesian army, police, firefighters and non-governmental organisations were already in the affected areas.

Author(s) Ridzwan Abdullah



[ Back ] [ Print Friendly ]