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Indonesia to host second Asia International Water Week

Indonesia is scheduled to host the 2nd Asia International Water Week which will be held in Bali from November 3 to 7, ...

Government promotes planting of more Macadamia trees

The government has encouraged the planting of more Macadamia trees based on their benefits of rehabilitating forest ...

Three villages in Bekasi, West Java, reel under drought

A water crisis is looming large over the villages of Ridhomanah, Ridhogalih, and Simajati in Cibarusah Sub-district, ...

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Several Indonesian regions brace for drought

Several regional authorities have been reminded to intensify the monitoring for possible forest fires and droughts, ...

Eight villages in Banyumas face water shortage

Even as Central Java Province has just begun to experience its dry season, eight villages in the Banyumas District have ...

Indonesia to face drier dry season this year

Forecasting that this year's dry season will be drier as compared to that of the previous year, the Meteorology, ...

Ten Sub-districts in Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta, hit by drought

Ten sub-districts in Gunung Kidul District, Yogyakarta special autonomous region, are currently being hit by severe ...

Banyumas readies tank trucks to anticipate drought

Banyumas readies tank trucks to anticipate drought Regional drinking water company (PDAM) Tirta Satria in Banyumas ...

President pledges to construct 13 more dams in NTT: Deputy Governor

Deputy Governor of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Josef Nae Soi echoed President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi's) promise to ...

Gunung Kidul readies 600 water tanker trucks to tackle drought

The administration of Girisubo Sub-district, Gunung Kidul District, Special Region of Yogyakarta, has on standby ...

Aceh's six-hectare palm oil plantation area ravaged by fire

The local firefighting squad, Thursday, made sustained attempts to extinguish the fire ravaging six hectares of the ...

S. Sumatra to likely face longer drought: Disaster Mitigation Agency

The South Sumatra Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has forecast that this year's drought may last longer than that ...

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Presidential debate lacked environmental focus By Fardah

The second round of presidential election debate, held on Feb 17, 2019, was considered more interesting, but ...

FAO urges Indonesia to expand use of conservation farming techniques

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has urged Indonesia to expand the use of ...

Fujitsu to Go Live with Disaster Information Management System in Indonesia's North Sumatra Region

Fujitsu Limited and PT Fujitsu Indonesia today announced installation of its Fujitsu Public Sector Solution Disaster ...