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VP Boediono warns of larger risk of forest fires

Indonesian vice president Boediono has warned of a larger risk of forest fires in the country due to a possible ...

Rescue team finds lost climber in Semeru

The rescue team on Friday afternoon found the climber who was lost in the Tawon Songo area of Mount Semeru on Tuesday. ...

Cleaning Up Jakarta`s Rivers

For Iwan Suseno, a resident of Kebon Manggis area in East Jakarta, flooding has been like an unresolved problem that ...

Garuda cancels flights following West Nusa Tenggara`s volcanic eruption

The national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia cancels flight from Denpasar to five destinations in east Indonesia ...

Mount Sangeang Api in West Nusa Tenggara erupts

Mount Sangeang Api in Bima District, West Nusa Tenggara, erupted on Friday at 03:55 p. m. local time spewing plumes of ...

16 hectares of forest area razed by fires in Riau

At least 16 hectares of forest area were razed by fires in Riau Province, in May 2014, according to data from the ...

Participatory approach needed to overcome haze

Indonesia needs to take a participatory approach where the central government, local administrations, non-governmental ...

Kalla allocates one helicopter for Riau

Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) M. Jusuf Kalla had allocated one helicopter to the PMI branch in Riau ...

Indonesian minister denies having received red report card

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan denied that his ministry had got a red report card from the Presidential Working Unit ...

Riau forest fires cause losses amounting to over Rp20 trillion

Forest and land fires occurring in the Riau Province between February and April 2014 caused economic losses worth more ...

44 hotspots detected in Sumatra

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 18 operated in Singapore detected on Saturday 44 ...

Yogyakarta govt to repair 50 km of Merapi evacuation road

The Yogyakarta Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency said the government will repair the 50-kilometer evacuation road ...

Mount Slamet`s status raised to alert level

The status of Mount Slamet located in the districts of Banyumas, Purbalingga, Pemalang, Tegal and Brebes in Central ...

Two volcanoes` status in Java increased

The status of the two most active volcanoes in Java Island, Mount Slamet and Merapi, were raised by the authority on ...

Mt Slamet status increased to alert level III

The Volcanology and Geology Disaster Mitigation Center PVMBG on Wednesday raised the status of Mount Slamet in Central ...