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News Indonesia » Riau » History: Riau Leads Indonesia's High-Integrity Forest Carbon Market

News channel or source: https://en.tempo.co/read/2119169/riau-leads-indonesias-high-integrity-forest-carbon-market

Published on: Tuesday 08 September 2026

The launch of the JREDD+ data and knowledge management system for Riau Province during the Green for Riau Initiative High-Level Dialogue in Pekanbaru, Riau, September 7, 2026. Doc. PETAI Foundation/UN ...

News Indonesia » Riau » History: Preventing Forest Fires in Indonesia: Focus on Riau Province, Peatland, and Illegal Burning

News channel or source: https://www.wri.org/insights/preventing-forest-fires-indonesia-focus-riau-province-peatland-and-illegal-burning

Published on: Thursday 03 April 2014

Indonesia’s latest major forest and peat fires left a trail of devastation in their wake. The fires, which reached a peak in March similar to that seen in the June 2013 haze crisis, produced vast ...

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: Monday 04 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: Indonesia politician gets 14 years in jail for illegal permits, forest corruption

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2014/03/indonesia-politician-gets-14-years-in-jail-for-illegal-permits-forest-corruption/

Published on: Thursday 13 March 2014

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Acacia plantation in Riau Province, Indonesia. The former governor of Indonesia’s Riau province has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and ...

News Indonesia » Riau » History: Riau, Indonesia: ‘Ground Zero’ of Southeast Asia Haze

News channel or source: https://globalvoices.org/2013/07/15/riau-indonesia-ground-zero-of-southeast-asia-haze/

Published on: Monday 15 July 2013

The deadly haze which swept Singapore and some parts of Malaysia this year was caused by the forest fires in Riau, located west of Indonesia. Naturally, it attracted significant mainstream media ...

News Indonesia » Riau » History: Riau peatland fire still burning after 16 days, scorches a whopping 434 hectares

News channel or source: https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2026/08/18/riau-peatland-fire-still-burning-after-16-days-scorches-a-whopping-434-hectares

Published on: Tuesday 18 August 2026

JAKARTA (Bernama): A forest and land fire in Sungai Guntung Hilir in Indonesia’s Riau province has scorched 434.35 hectares of peatland and remains active despite 16 days of firefighting operations.

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, ...

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