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BNPB reports 657 natural disasters hit Indonesia since early 2021

Indonesia bore witness to 657 natural disasters in the year ending March 1, 2012, that claimed 271 lives, rendered 11 ...

Need to make clean water, sanitation priority: Indrawati

Ensuring the availability of clean water and sanitation for all Indonesian people must become the government's ...

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As La Nina brings disaster, misery, demand for climate action grows

Hydrometeorological disasters, such as floods, landslides, and whirlwinds, have been simultaneously witnessed in ...

Rainfall intensity rising every year: meteorology agency

The intensity of rainfall is rising year by year, while the La Nina and El Nino cycles are becoming shorter, according ...

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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, ...

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 ...

BNPB reports 81-percent reduction in forest, land fires in Nov 2020

Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo highlighted that the cases of forest and land fires ...

14 mln ha of river basin areas in critical condition: minister

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya revealed that 14.3 million hectares of river basin areas in Indonesia ...

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Indonesia's weather is a study in contrasts

Indonesia is preparing anticipatory measures against extreme weather events as it is prone to hydro-meteorological ...

Four districts in SE Sulawesi experience days without rain: BMKG

The districts of Bombana, Muna, Central Buton, and South Buton in Southeast Sulawesi Province have experienced several ...

East Java districts experience extreme drought

Several districts in East Java are experiencing extreme drought after recording no rainfall in more than 60 consecutive ...

Climate change impacts better addressed through local wisdom: BMKG

Farmers' production can be maintained through the application of local wisdom and advanced technology to reduce ...

Bulog readies land for building warehouse in food estate area

State Logistics Agency (Bulog) readied land to build a warehouse in the food estate area under the government’s ...

Southern Indonesia's regions arid, equator still receiving rains: BMKG

Dry season has set in most of Indonesia's southern part, though high rainfall can potentially still be received in ...

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COVID-19 adding to challenge posed by forest fires

With Indonesia still in the grip of the coronavirus, which is known to cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), ...