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Semarang's flooding caused by extreme rainfall, tidal flooding: govt

The Indonesian Government claimed that flash floods that inundated Semarang city's Kota Lama (Old Town) ...

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Preserving the sustainability of Papuan staple sago

Sago, a starch extracted from the centre or pith of tropical palm stems, particularly Metroxylon sagu, has ...

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Indonesia enters 2021 with "abnormal" natural disasters

As a country located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia is prone to natural disasters such as volcano eruption, ...

Floods swamp West Kalimantan's villages near land border with Malaysia

Flash floods inundated certain areas of the villages of Lamolda and Sekinyak near the Indonesia-Malaysia land border in ...

COVID crisis a chance to change, prioritize environment: Walhi

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has urged the government to use the COVID-19-induced multi-dimensional ...

Floods swamp residential, office areas in Keerom District, Papua

Floods struck parts of Keerom District in Papua Province, submerging residential and office areas on ...

Stop unsustainable exploitation of natural resources: MP

Economic activities that exploit natural resources and make the environmental carrying capacity unsustainable must be ...

Panic-stricken Mamuju residents flee homes following Sunday earthquake

Several residents of Mamuju, West Sulawesi, that were overcome by shock following a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that ...

Indonesia's Kalimantan hit by first earthquake in 2021: BMKG

Over the past 29 days in January 2021, Indonesia experienced 77 earthquakes, including the one that hit Berau District, ...

Emergency status of quake-hit Mamuju Majene extended for 14 days: BNPB

The Indonesian Government has decided to extend the emergency response period for disaster mitigation status in ...

197 natural disasters struck Indonesia during January 1-23

Indonesia had been stricken by a total of 197 natural disasters during the January 1-23 period, according to data of ...

COVID-19 Task Force Head Monardo tests positive for novel coronavirus

Head of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Doni Monardo tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes ...

Government to reforest 2,000-ha arid and barren land in Bengkulu

The Environment and Forestry Ministry, through the Center for River Basin Area and Protected Forest Management ...

1,040 quakes in West Papua's Sorong district in 2020: BMKG

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), Sorong office, recorded 1,040 earthquakes in various parts ...

BNPB records 154 disasters in 3 weeks

Indonesia has recorded a total of 154 natural disasters in the first three weeks of 2021, as per data from the National ...