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3,721 disasters occurred in 2019: BNPB

Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency Data and Information Center and Public Relations, Agus Wibowo, said ...

Indonesian mangrove cover increased to 3.56 million hectares in 2019

Indonesia’s mangrove forest cover grew to 3.56 million hectares in 2019, Director of Environment and Disaster ...

Everbridge selected to power countrywide disaster alert platform in Peru for 37 million residents and annual visitors

- Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical event management, today announced it has been selected ...

President vows to fulfill the rights of people with disabilities

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has made assurance of the human rights of the disabled in Indonesia being ...

Ministry of Finance insures 1,360 buildings worth Rp10.8 trillion

The Ministry of Finance insured 1,360 buildings, with asset value of Rp10.8 trillion, in 2019, by a consortium called ...

VP Ma'ruf Amin leads meeting on reconstruction in Palu, Lombok

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin led a meeting at the Vice Presidential Offices in Jakarta, Thursday, to deliberate on ...

Indonesia struck by 3,155 natural disasters during January-Nov 7, 2019

A total of 3,155 natural disasters, generally hydrometeorological in nature, hit Indonesia during the January-November ...

South Sumatra government extends wildfire emergency alert status

The South Sumatra provincial government has extended the emergency status concerning the ongoing land and forest fires ...

Minister Marsudi, UN envoy hold discussion on Rohingya repatriation

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi held a meeting with UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Myanmar ...

Weather modification intervention yields results in Riau region: BNPB

The use of weather modification technology produced artificial rain in Riau in a bid to tackle forest and land ...

Palangka Raya government to fund wildfire emergency budget

The  Palangka Raya city government in Central Kalimantan Province will provide Rp1.7 billion towards an ...

Disaster management skills imparted to 29 int'l students at Unsyiah

Some 29 international students from Malaysia, China, Thailand, and Japan learned the ropes on disaster risk reduction ...

Pontianak plans to change school hours owing to haze

Mayor of Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Edi Rusdi Kamtono announced the local government's plan to temporarily change ...

Banten earthquake caused by subduction of Indo-Australian plate

The 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hit Banten was due to the subduction of the Indo-Australian plate under the Eurasian ...

Official advises people against approaching Tangkuban Parahu crater

West Java Province's Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) stated that despite Mount Tangkuban Parahu’s status ...