#disaster management

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C Java enters drought emergency: governor

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo stated that his region had been categorized in the drought disaster zone during ...

Better efforts needed for disaster preparedness and mitigation

Natural disasters that have hit Indonesia up to June 2017 include floods (37.4 percent), whirlwinds (29.2 percent), ...

Indonesia, Maldives seek to improve cooperation in tourism sector

Indonesia and Maldives seek to strengthen bilateral cooperation especially in the tourism sector following the visit ...

Helicopter drops 40 tons of water to extinguish Riau fires

Riau Provinces forest and land fire task force has deployed an MI-8 helicopter to drop 40 tons of water to extinguish ...

Kediri sends personnel to help evacuate Nganjuk landslide victims

The Kediri city administration in East Java has sent its Regional Disaster Management Board (BPBD) personnel to assist ...

Japan explores sister city cooperation with Aceh

The Japanese government through its consulate in Medan, North Sumatra, is exploring sister city cooperation between ...

Govt to reactivate reforestation campaign: VP

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has stressed the need to reactivate national reforestation campaign to rehabilitate the ...

Government allocates Rp320 billion for river basin reforestation

The government has allocated some Rp320 billion (US$23.9 million) from the disaster management reserve funds for ...

Jakarta remains flood alert until March

Indonesias capital city of Jakarta is always flooded during peak rainy season annually and now is still prone to ...

Task force of forest fire prevention extinguishes land fires

A task force of forest fire prevention workers in Riau province has managed to extinguish the land fires which ...

EARTH WIRE -- TNI wary of forest and land fires in Riau province

The personnel of the Indonesian Army (TNI AD) are wary of the catastrophic forest and land fires in Riau Province, as ...

Floods, landslide hit Sinuruik, West Pasaman

Floods and a landslide have struck the villages of Sunuruik and Talu in Talamau Sub-district, West Pasaman District, ...

Flood emergency response period extended for 14 days in Bima

The flood emergency response period in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, has been extended from January 6 to 19, Data ...

VP leads limited meeting on rehabilitation efforts in Bima

Vice President Jusuf Kalla led a limited meeting to discuss rehabilitation efforts in the Dompu and Bima districts of ...

Yearender - Indonesia successfully fights forest fires in 2016

Many inhabitants of Riau Province have a fleeting sense of relief since, for the first time in the past 18 years, they ...