#disaster risk

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Yudhoyono Administration Turns Indonesia into Environmentally Conscious Country

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was once described as a "different kind of leader" by the President of the World ...

Asian Ministers Seek Disaster Risk Reduction Inclusive of People with Disabilities

-In a series of side events to the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Bangkok, ...

Indonesian Red Cross sends humanitarian aid, volunteers to Philippines

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) here on Friday sent humanitarian aid and volunteers to the Philippines to help with ...

IFC Partners with MAIPARK to Provide Earthquake-Index Insurance for Indonesian Banks

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, signed a cooperation agreement with PT Asuransi MAIPARK Indonesia, a specialist ...

PMI cooperates with Zurich in mitigating flood risks

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) is cooperating with Zurich Insurance Indonesia in mitigating flood risks through a ...

Yogyakarta`s Gadjah Mada University to host intl volcano conference

Yogyakarta`s Gadjah Mada University (UGM) is to host the 8th Cities on Volcanoes international conference next ...

UN official calls on concerted effort on disaster reduction

Margareta Wahlstrom, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Disaster Risk ...

Govt approves budget for W Sumatra`s tsunami evacuee shelters

The government has approved budget allocations for the construction of tsunami evacuee shelters in West Sumatra`s ...

Natural Disasters in Indonesia Not Over Yet

Over the last few months, various regions in Indonesia have been hit by natural disasters such as floods, landslides, ...

President Yudhoyono kicks off consultation on disaster risk reduction

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the State Palace, here on Tuesday officially opened the Global Thematic ...

news focus - natural disasters remain challenge to asia-pacific`s robust economic growth b - (d)

Apart from the slowdown of world`s economy due to crisis in the United States and some European countries, natural ...

Death toll in S. Philippine flooding climbs to 7

The death toll from flooding caused by torrential rains in southern Philippines climbed to seven, the National ...

DHL Provides Relief in Typhoon Hit Philippines Province

- Volunteers from DHL, the world's leading logistics company, left their homes during the holiday season to provide ...

Indonesia to send rice to victims of typhoon Bopha Friday

Indonesian government will send 2,000 tons of rice to the victims of Typhoon Bopha in Davao, Mindanao, the Philippine ...

Indonesia delivers aid to victims of typhoon bopha

The Indonesian Minister for People`s Welfare, Agung Laksono, arrived in the Philippine southern island of Mindanao on ...