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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 ...

Indonesia supports ASEAN-Italy cooperation in disaster management

Indonesia, as chief of the ASEAN Committee in Rome (ACR), has encouraged strong cooperation between Italy and the ...

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Indonesia braces for La Nina-induced hydrometeorological disasters

The onset of monsoons in most Indonesian regions in September have also triggered flooding in several provinces, ...

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 ...

President elicits greater awareness of La Nina-induced rising rainfall

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) drew attention to the need for greater awareness of the rising monthly rainfall in ...

Ministry to prioritize food estate development in 2021

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) will prioritize food estate development in Central Kalimantan ...

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 ...

Government discusses archetype of new capital city: Minister

The government discussed the archetype of the new capital city in East Kalimantan and will begin the construction of ...

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 ...

BNPB envoy attends World Tsunami Awareness Day

Deputy Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) for System and Strategy Wisnu Widjaja attended the ...

BNPB to organize fundraising event to help Ambon quake victims

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) will hold a fundraiser to help victims of the Maluku earthquake during ...