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        "msgid": "president-orders-priority-firefighting-in-tanjung-puting-minister-says-1791820228",
        "date": "2026-10-12 21:45:47",
        "title": "President orders priority firefighting in Tanjung Puting, minister says",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_EN",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "President Prabowo Subianto has ordered firefighting efforts to prioritise Tanjung Puting National Park, an important orangutan conservation and rehabilitation centre, before moving on to other fire-affected areas in Central Kalimantan and South Sumatra. Ground teams are leading operations because dense smoke has made flying unsafe, with military, police, government agencies and volunteers working together and personnel to be rotated to limit fatigue.",
        "content": "<p>President Prabowo Subianto ordered firefighting efforts to prioritize\nTanjung Puting National Park in Central Kalimantan, followed by other\nareas in the province and South Sumatra affected by forest and land\nfires.<\/p>\n<p>In a meeting at the Presidential Palace on Monday, the fire in\nTanjung Puting National Park received special attention from the\npresident, considering the national park serves as the largest\nconservation and rehabilitation center for orangutans in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTanjung Puting and the area around it must be protected as a home\nfor animals,\u201d Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs\nDudung Abdurachman said after attending the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that firefighting efforts are currently conducted mainly\non the ground, as thick smoke in some areas has made flying conditions\nunsafe for aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB),\nhelicopter operations have been deployed, but firefighting efforts are\nprimarily conducted on the ground because dense smoke hampers aerial\noperations,\u201d the minister explained.<\/p>\n<p>Dudung added that all parties, including the Indonesian military,\nnational police, and volunteers, are currently involved in firefighting\nefforts. Joint teams can cover up to 692 hectares per day.<\/p>\n<p>He also assured that personnel deployed to fight forest and land\nfires in Kalimantan and Sumatra would be rotated to prevent excessive\nfatigue.<\/p>\n<p>Forest and land fire extinguishing in Kalimantan and Sumatra is\ncurrently being carried out by a joint team of land and air task forces\nconsisting of personnel from the fire department, the military, the\nnational police, the Manggala Agni, and forest rangers from the Ministry\nof Forestry.<\/p>\n<p>Followed by the weather modification operations team, the\nMeteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the Regional\nDisaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), the BNPB, regional forestry services,\nvolunteers, and the community.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to wild orangutans, Tanjung Puting National Park is also\nhome to other wildlife such as proboscis monkeys, gibbons, sun bears,\nsaltwater crocodiles, false gharials, Siamese crocodiles, and hundreds\nof bird species, including hornbills and woolly-necked storks.<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Indonesia tests Brazilian liquid to fight forest, land\nfires<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Eight orangutans rescued from W Kalimantan fires\nreleased into wild<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Authority reopens Mt. Rinjani\u2019s Senaru hiking trail\nafter land fire<\/p>\n<p>Translator: Genta Tenri M, Resinta Sulistiyandari<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/president-orders-priority-firefighting-in-tanjung-puting-minister-says-1791820228",
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