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- proper noun A province of
Indonesia .
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Examples
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Najla Hafiz/Reuters Indonesian firefighters worked to extinguish fires in Riau province in the center of Sumatra along the Strait of Malacca Thursday.
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It cited studies showing that at least six herds disappeared between 2007 and 2009 in Riau province - a centre for the paper, pulp and palm oil industries.
Sumatran elephant upgraded to critically endangered status 2012
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Bloomberg News Workers harvest palm oil at a plantation in Indonesia's Riau province.
Chasing the Commodities Boom Eric Bellman 2011
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Sumatran elephant calf and its mother from Tesso Nilo national park, Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Sumatran elephant upgraded to critically endangered status 2012
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A worker cut a log at Riau province, in the center of Sumatra.
Every Tree Counts 2010
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Trees burned on a peatland area being converted into an oil palm estate in the Indonesian province of Riau.
Every Tree Counts 2010
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Burnt trees in Pelalawan, Indonesia's Riau province.
Every Tree Counts 2010
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Greenpeace estimates that the carbon emissions associated with the company's operations in Riau province alone are responsible for 2.5 million tones of C02 each year.
Daniel Kessler: Unilever Drops Palm Oil Producer After Greenpeace Links It to Forest Crime 2009
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Since 1997, in Riau province alone, 55 people and 15 Sumatran tigers have been killed.
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Resource-rich provinces such as oil-producing Riau, also on Sumatra, are threatening to follow Aceh's lead unless Jakarta grants them more autonomy and a better share of the profits.
The Winds Of Rage 2008
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