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PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) — Authorities in Indonesia’s South Sumatra province turned to spiritual measures on Tuesday as huge blazes in central and western regions scorched wide areas of forests and ...
News Indonesia » South Sumatra » Events: South Sumatra’s youth look beyond coal towards a greener Indonesia
PALEMBANG, South Sumatra, Indonesia (ILO News) - More than 100 students filled a hall at Sriwijaya University (Unsri) in Palembang, South Sumatra, on 5 August. Together with representatives from local ...
News Indonesia » South Sumatra » Events: South Sumatra’s youth advance Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition through innovation and collaboration
Muce Mochtar, the ILO's IKI-JET Project Coordinator for Indonesia (right), presents a token of appreciation to Dr Ardiyan Saptawan, M.Si., Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) ...
News Indonesia » South Sumatra » Events: More schools close in Indonesia due to worsening haze from forest fires
PALEMBANG, Indonesia — Schools in the capital of Indonesia’s South Sumatra province switched to remote learning Wednesday as worsening haze from forest and peatland fires pushed air pollution to ...
News Indonesia » South Sumatra » Events: Indonesia focuses firefighting on South Sumatra, central Kalimantan
Motorists travel in thick haze from forest fires in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, on Thurday, Sept. 24, 2026. Recent decades have seen particularly severe burning seasons in Indonesia, and a ...
News Indonesia » South Sumatra » Events: El Niño fuels Indonesia wildfires, destroying nearly 300 homes in Sumatra
Wildfires fuelled by El Niño have destroyed nearly 300 homes on Indonesia's Sumatra island, forcing almost 1,000 residents to evacuate.The blaze reached a village in Bangka Belitung ...
News Indonesia » South Sumatra » Events: Indonesia Hotspots Rise to 1,532 as Fire Threats Escalate
The Ministry of Forestry reports a surge in national fire hotspots to 1,532, with Central Kalimantan and South Sumatra remaining top priority regions.
News Indonesia » South Sumatra » Events: US Embassy Issues Indonesia Natural Disaster Alert Over Volcanic Eruption
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The U.S. Embassy in Indonesia has issued a natural disaster alert after ...
News Indonesia » South Sumatra » Events: Sumatra citizen lawsuit seeks accountability for haze-causing fires
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Three companies that manage pulpwood plantations in Indonesia are facing a citizen lawsuit over repeated fires on their concessions that have been ...
News Indonesia » South Sumatra » Events: Sumatra’s ‘natural’ disaster wasn’t natural: How deforestation turned a rare cyclone catastrophic
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Cyclone Senyar was an unusually rare event for Sumatra, but the scale of destruction cannot be explained by weather alone. Decades of deforestation ...