The Indonesian environment minister also outlined plans to tighten land-clearing laws to prevent future forest fires, including scrapping an exemption allowing small-scale burning under traditional practices.
Environment Minister Jumhur Hidayat is targeting that forest and land fires (karhutla) can be extinguished within the next month by deploying joint personnel.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Environment Minister/Head of the Environmental Management Agency, Jumhur Hidayat, is targeting extinguishing forest and land fires (karhutla) within the next month. He is optimistic that this target can be achieved...