#drought

Collection of drought news, found 780 news.

Indonesia sends aid to drought-hit Sri Lanka

As a friend, Indonesia will help Sri Lanka, which is currently facing a food crisis because of drought, President Joko ...

Indonesia needs to rejuvenate palm oil plantations

With some 11.6 million hectares of plantations, Indonesia needs to rejuvenate its palm oil trees to maintain its ...

Indonesia accounts for 58 percent of sustainable palm oil production

Indonesia accounts for 58 percent of the worlds sustainable production of palm oil, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm ...

EARTH WIRE -- TNI wary of forest and land fires in Riau province

The personnel of the Indonesian Army (TNI AD) are wary of the catastrophic forest and land fires in Riau Province, as ...

CPO export drops but price on the rise

Indonesias export of crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives fell by nearly 2 percent to 25.7 million tons in 2016 ...

Indonesia`s palm oil exports down 2 percent in 2016

Indonesias export of crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives fell by nearly 2 percent to 25.7 million tons in 2016 ...

Floods, landslide hit Sinuruik, West Pasaman

Floods and a landslide have struck the villages of Sunuruik and Talu in Talamau Sub-district, West Pasaman District, ...

Making Kupang city a flamboyant tourist area

Tourists planning to visit the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) provincial city of Kupang in Indonesia are advised to consider ...

Yearender - Indonesia records highest number of natural disasters in 2016

Indonesia was battered by 2,342 natural disasters in 2016, the highest in the past 14 years, making it one of the most ...

EARTH WIRE -- Land and water resources altered by Syria war

Researchers have analyzed satellite data and determined that the civil war in Syria and subsequent refugee migration ...

EARTH WIRE -- Climate change takes toll on Kenya`s wildlife

Wildlife is still one of the core economic pillars to Kenyas economy. But impacts of climate change threat ...

Fighting for food self-sufficiency

As an agriculture country, Indonesia was once self-sufficient in the production of rice, the staple food for its ...

Indonesia declares forest fire emergency

Indonesias Minister of Forestry and Environment Siti Nurbaya has said the country has been placed under emergency with ...

New ways to lower investment risk seek to propel climate action

As small-scale farmers around the world seek to cope with climate change by adopting drought-resistant crops or ...

Demand for NorthSsumatra`s rubber shrinking

North Sumatras exports of natural rubber has continued to shrink, down 8.23 percent in volume to 137,826 tons in the ...