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Community involvement crucial for reducing disaster risks: expert

Disaster mitigation expert from the Yogyakarta Veteran National Development University (UPN) Eko Teguh Paripurno ...

Indonesia committed to disaster management: official

The Indonesian government is highly committed to disaster management, deputy for systems and strategies at the National ...

APEC moves to strengthen disaster risk management

Senior disaster management officials from APEC member economies are intensifying regional cooperation for a more ...

BNPB gives due weightage to disaster management in response mechanism

Director of Disaster Management Strategy Development of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Agus Wibowo ...

Bolster public awareness of natural disaster potentials: BNPB Head

National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Head Lt Gen. Doni Monardo highlighted the importance of boosting public ...

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Daily disasters bring mitigation, prevention to fore

The Indonesian people need to find a way to live with natural disasters considering the nation’s geographic ...

Forest, land fires down by 82% in 2020: Mahfud MD

  The incidence of forest and land fires declined by around 82 percent in the past year, based on data ...

Nine disasters reported per day in past year: BNPB

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has recorded a total of 3,253 natural disasters in the one year since ...

Pandemic an opportunity to strengthen disaster resilience: Widodo

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said that the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has offered an opportunity to ...

Sitaro District follows health protocols despite no COVID-19 record

Despite no COVID-19 cases recorded in North Sulawesi's Siau Tagulandang Biaro (Sitaro) Islands District, health ...

Minister echoes Indonesia's readiness to host 2020 GPDRR in Bali

Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy voiced Indonesia's preparedness to host the ...

2022 GPDRR projected to boost tourism in Bali after COVID-19

The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR), bringing together seven thousand delegates from 193 nations in ...

Meticulous preparations paramount to implementing 2022 GPDRR in Bali

President Joko Widodo called on related stakeholders to make prudent preparations to implement the Global Platform for ...

Indonesian researcher bags Newton Prize for research on climate change

Indonesian researcher won the 2019 Newton Prize for research conducted in collaboration with British researcher that ...

3,721 disasters occurred in 2019: BNPB

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