Indonesia News » Riau News Indonesia » Riau » History: Indonesia’s Riau province declares state of emergency ahead of fire season
News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/indonesias-riau-province-declares-state-of-emergency-ahead-of-fire-season/
Published on: Tuesday 05 April 2022
Almost every year vast swaths of Southeast Asia are covered in toxic haze, which causes air quality to reach hazardous levels and creates major health, environmental and economic problems. Recorded ...
News Indonesia » Riau » History: 15 fire-linked firms escape prosecution in Indonesia’s Riau
News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2016/07/15-fire-linked-firms-escape-prosecution-in-indonesias-riau/
Published on: Thursday 28 July 2016
The police in Riau, Indonesia’s top palm oil-producing province and one of the hardest-hit by last year’s disastrous forest and peatland fires, closed cases against 15 plantation firms that the ...
News Indonesia » Riau » History: Thousands protest against state takeover of palm oil plantations in Indonesia's Riau
News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/thousands-protest-against-state-takeover-palm-oil-plantations-indonesias-riau-2025-11-20/
Published on: Wednesday 19 November 2025
JAKARTA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Thousands of residents in Indonesia's Riau province palm oil belt protested on Thursday against the takeover of their plantations by the government's forestry task force, ...