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        "msgid": "prabowo-orders-firefighting-efforts-to-focus-on-tanjung-puting-1791813242",
        "date": "2026-10-12 19:53:33",
        "title": "Prabowo Orders Firefighting Efforts to Focus on Tanjung Puting",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "President Prabowo Subianto has ordered that forest and land fires be tackled with particular focus on Tanjung Puting National Park, a major orangutan conservation and rehabilitation centre, as well as other areas of Central Kalimantan and South Sumatra. Thick haze has hampered aerial operations, so authorities, including the military, police and volunteers, are relying mainly on ground crews, which can cover up to 692 hectares a day.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Prabowo Subianto has ordered that\nefforts to extinguish forest and land fires focus, among other areas, on\nTanjung Puting National Park in Central Kalimantan, as well as other\nparts of Central Kalimantan and South Sumatra.<\/p>\n<p>At a limited meeting at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Monday\nafternoon, the President paid particular attention to the fires in\nTanjung Puting National Park, given that the park is the world\u2019s largest\ncentre for orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) conservation and\nrehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTanjung Puting, or the area around the national park, must be\nprotected because there are animals there,\u201d Coordinating Minister for\nPolitical and Security Affairs Dudung Abdurachman told reporters at the\nPresidential Palace in Jakarta on Monday evening after the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Dudung also said that firefighting was currently being conducted\nmainly on the ground, as smoke haze in several areas was too thick to\nallow aircraft to fly safely because of poor visibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to a report from the head of the National Disaster\nMitigation Agency (BNPB), helicopter operations have been carried out,\nbut ground operations are predominant because it is difficult to reach\nthe areas from the air due to the smoke being too thick,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dudung said that all parties, including the Indonesian National Armed\nForces (TNI), the National Police and volunteers, were now involved in\nextinguishing the fires. Combined teams can cover a maximum of 692\nhectares per day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese efforts are continuing, including mitigation operations.\nWeather conditions are also being managed by the Meteorology,\nClimatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), and hopefully the situation\nwill be brought under control quickly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was also attended by Defence Minister Sjafrie\nSjamsoeddin, TNI Commander General Agus Subiyanto, National Police Chief\nGeneral Suyudi Ario Seto, State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi and\nCabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya.<\/p>\n<p>Joining by video conference were Army Chief of Staff General Maruli\nSimanjuntak, Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Muhammad Ali and Air Force\nChief of Staff Air Chief Marshal M. Tonny Harjono.<\/p>\n<p>Also attending were BNPB chief Lieutenant General Suharyanto, along\nwith several regional military commanders, regional police chiefs and\ngovernors in areas affected by the fires.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting lasted about two hours, from 4.30pm to 6.30pm Western\nIndonesia Time.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/prabowo-orders-firefighting-efforts-to-focus-on-tanjung-puting-1791813242",
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