Jakarta, Aug. 13 -- Forest and land fires in Indonesia have decreased since 2015, a result partly attributable to technology application, its Ministry of Forestry reported. Indonesia recorded 1.8 million hectares of burned land in 2015, 1 million hectares in 2019, and only around 600,000 hectares in 2023. Between January and August this year, just 8,955 hectares burned nationwide, according to the ministry. Wildfire cases were reported in provinces including Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, East Nusa Tenggara, Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra. Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni credited the country's success in reducing forest and land fires to the effective use of meteorological t...