#drought

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Drought affecting 20 districts, towns in West Java

The West Java Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) reported Tuesday that this year's protracted drought has affected ...

Satellites detect 138 hotspots of forest fires in Riau

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 138 hotspots indicating forest fires in eight districts of Riau Province on ...

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Tackling forest fires in 5 Indonesian provinces

Several children attending the Islam Akramunnas Kindergarten in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, had no option but to wear ...

BMKG confirms 85 hotspots detected across Sumatra Island

The Pekanbaru Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) detected 85 hotspots, indicating potential ...

Jokowi instructs to immediately extinguish forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given orders to immediately put out the forest fires currently raging in several ...

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Nearly 50 million Indonesians threatened by extreme drought

An El Niño-induced severe dry spell has cast a pall over 100 districts and cities in Indonesia’s provinces ...

Five provinces declare emergency status for land and forest fires

The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture announced that five provinces in the country have declared ...

Drought threats may affect food prices: researcher

The government would need to seriously address the threat posed by drought as it could lead to the risk of crop ...

Mataram builds dozens of shallow wells to tackle drought

The Mataram City Agriculture Office, West Nusa Tenggara, has begun implementing a shallow well construction program for ...

Over 2,100 ha of rice crop damaged in Indramayu

More than 2,100 hectares of rice crop has been damaged in drought-parched Indramayu District in West Java ...

Five villages in Temanggung, Central Java, ravaged by dry spell

 The extreme dry season has adversely affected five villages in Temanggung District, Central Java Province, ...

Huge fire ravages forest area of Kota Batu's Mt Panderman

A huge wildfire ravaged forest area on the slope of Mount Panderman in Kota Batu, East Java, on Sunday evening but the ...

Bekasi plans to build six artificial lakes to tackle drought

The Government of Bekasi District, West Java, plans to build six artificial lakes to tackle drought that hits parts of ...

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Indonesia pays serious attention to forest fires handling

Indonesia is bracing for devastating and more frequent forest fires, following the recurrence of bush and forest ...

PUPR Ministry inspects availability of clean water in regions

The Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry inspected the availability of clean water in dams, lakes, and ...