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Fire-prone Riau declares early emergency to combat haze
Published Tue, Jan 24, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Jakarta
INDONESIA'S fire-prone Riau province declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, the disaster mitigation agency said, after President Joko Widodo urged regional authorities to avoid a repeat of fires that smothered South-east Asia in smog in 2015.
Indonesia faces global pressure to put an end to slash-and-burn land clearances for palm and pulp plantations which send clouds of toxic smoke over the region each year.
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