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W Kalimantan Governor launches fire alertness village program

West Kalimantan Governor Cornelis launched a Fire Alertness Village program in Sungai Kelik village, Nanga Tayap ...

El Nino still spells disaster in East Nusa Tenggara

The weather phenomenon El Nino still spells disaster in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) with widespread harvest failure and ...

Indonesia braces for La Nina-induced heavy rainy season

Indonesia was hit hard by the El Nino weather phenomenon last year and has been described by experts as one of the ...

Kupang needs additional stock of rice to forestall shortage

The district of Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, said it needs additional stock of rice to forestall shortage with harvest ...

Rice imports to reinforce food resilience

On paper, Indonesias rice production is adequate to meet its domestic needs, yet uncertain climate conditions such as ...

Agriculture ministry plans measures in anticipation of La Nina

Indonesias agriculture ministry is making preparations in anticipation of the natural phenomena La Nina, which usually ...

The future still gloomy for palm oil business

Oil palm farmers and companies in the country are feared to be disappointed that their hope of a better year in 2016 ...

Indonesia still needs to import food in 2016

Although it claims to have had a surplus of rice in 2015, Indonesia still imported rice throughout the year and will ...

Monsoon begins to take toll on Indonesia

Indonesia has been hit by changing climates of extreme degree. Monsoon began to take toll on the country when it ...

Floods inundate nine villages in West Aceh

Floods inundated at least nine villages in East Woyla Sub-district, West Aceh District, Aceh Province, on Friday as ...

Paris agreement to decide planet`s future

The agreement, which will be reached at the ongoing 21th Conference of Parties (COP 21) in Paris, will become a ...

Government to set up peatland restoration agency next week: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has confirmed that the government will set up a peatland ecosystem restoration agency ...

RI seeking to form peat ecosystem body before climate meet

Indonesia is seeking to set up a Peatland Ecosystem Restoration Body after the peatlands in Sumatra and Kalimantan ...

690 million children at risk from climate change: UNICEF

Nearly 690 million of the worlds 2.3 billion children live in areas most exposed to climate change, facing higher ...

More than 600,000 people have died due to weather-related disasters over two decades

A new UN-backed report found that in the past 20 years, more than 600,000 people have died as a result of ...