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Indonesia to soon ratify Minamata Convention on Mercury

A number of ministries and institutions at a joint meeting with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) on ...

NASR launches emergency number for immediate search and rescue assistance

The Indonesian National Agency of Search and Relief (NASR, formerly BASARNAS) announced today that its emergency ...

Greenpeace Indonesia protests US climate policy

Greenpeace Indonesia staged a protest in front of the US embassy here on Wednesday over the decision of President ...

Arctic exploration opened for Indonesia: Russian academic

The exploration of the Arctics natural resources has been opened to countries around the world, including Indonesia, ...

Indonesian National Agency of Search and Relief (NASR) supports country's growing tourism industry

The Indonesian National Agency of Search and Relief (NASR, formerly BASARNAS) supports Indonesia's growing tourism ...

Landslide in East Luwu claims seven lives

A landslide triggered by downpour, on Friday morning, killed seven people and seriously injured seven others in the ...

VP encourages public awareness of disasters

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has encouraged the people, particularly those living in vulnerable areas to become aware ...

University of Indonesia successfully creates research innovations on disaster mitigation

The University of Indonesias (UI) teaching staff and students have successfully developed and created several ...

Kalla asks PMI volunteers to be ready for overseas deployment

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has asked volunteers from the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) to be ready for an overseas ...

Natural disasters inflict Rp30 trillion loss per year in Indonesia

Indonesia suffers an average of Rp30 trillion in economic losses per year due to natural disasters, Head of the ...

Indonesia braces for La Nina-induced heavy rainy season

Indonesia was hit hard by the El Nino weather phenomenon last year and has been described by experts as one of the ...

Indonesians have own ways to face terrorism

The bomb blasts and shoutout that occurred last Thursday at a Starbucks coffee shop and a police station in Jalan ...

Indonesia govt optimistic of achieving its tourism target in 2015

The Indonesian government is optimistic that it will achieve the target of attracting 10 million foreign tourists this ...

41 million Indonesians live in 174 landslide-prone districts and cities

Around 41 million Indonesians live in 174 districts and cities which are prone to landslides, a spokesman of the ...

P&G Releases 2015 Sustainability Report, Detailing Progress against 2020 Environmental and Social Goals

- The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) released its 17th annual sustainability report ...