#disasters

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Mandiri, TNI to cooperate in delivering aid to disaster victims

State-owned Bank Mandiri has signed a cooperation agreement with the National Defense Forces (TNI) for the speedy and ...

World Environment Day focuses on forests

The government organized an Indonesian Environment Week expo in Jakarta June 1-5 to mark World Environment Day (WED) ...

Garuda plants thousands of trees at Gunung Padang

National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia Airlines planted thousands of trees at Gunung Padang forests in West Sumatra ...

W Sumatera govt urged to act against illegal loggers

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has renewed its call for the West Sumatra provincial government to ...

RI calls for increased use of outer space technology

Indonesian Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna Ambassador I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja has called ...

Environment minister launches national ecoregion

Environmental Affairs Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta here Wednesday launched a National Ecoregion which is designed to ...

Minister opens Indonesian environment week 2011

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono officially opened an Indonesian Environment Week 2011 at ...

Walhi calls on president to evaluate oil palm plantation development

The West Kalimantan chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) has called on President Susilo Bambang ...

At least 12 dead in Malaysia orphanage landslide

A landslide caused by heavy rains hit an orphanage in Malaysia on Saturday, killing at least 10 children and two ...

ASEAN to have disaster mitigation center

ASEAN will have a natural disaster mitigation center in Jakarta called ASEAN Human Assistance Center slated to be ...

Japan wants cooperation with RI to share disaster mitigation experience

Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said on Wednesday Japan wanted to cooperate with Indonesia in ...

ASEAN to forge common position on helping Japan

The governments of Indonesia and other ASEAN member countries are to formulate a common position on how to help ...

RI govt yet to decide on Japan`s extra gas supplies request

The government has not yet made a decision with regard to Japan`s request for additional natural gas supplies, chief ...

Quake, tsunami could cost Japan $235 billion: WB

The massive quake and tsunami of March 11 could cost Japan`s economy up to $235 billion, or 4.0 percent of output, but ...

Nuke radiation test for Indonesians arriving from Japan

Health Minister Endang R Sedyaningsih said all Indonesians who have returned home from Japan would be examined to ...