#drought

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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 ...

Death toll hits 48 in California`s worst wildfire disaster

The remains of six more fire victims were found on Tuesday in a northern California town overrun by flames last week, ...

Warning of hydrometeorological disasters issued during rainy season

The rainy season has set in quite late over certain regions but has already induced floods and landslides, claiming ...

Rice stock must be adequate until harvest season: researcher

Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS) researcher Assyifa Szami Ilman said the government must assure that rice ...

15 villages in Karawang affected by prolonged drought

Fifteen villages in three sub-districts in Karawang District, West Java Province, have been affected by severe dry ...

News Focus -Floods strike Sumatra as rainy season begins

Rainy season has begun in some parts of Indonesia, particularly on Sumatra Island, but the dry season has continued in ...

Prolonged drought triggers wildfires on mountains in Java

Some parts of Indonesia`s regions have entered the rainy season, while several others, such as Java and Nusa Tenggara ...

Agriculture ministry encourages farmers to accelerate rice planting period

Ministry of Agriculture encourages farmers to accelerate the rice planting period, said the Person in Charge of ...

IMF-WB - East Asian economy faces five challenges

The East Asian economic progress is facing five challenges -- poverty, disparities, good governance, climate change ...