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Preventing dengue, malaria to avoid double health burden amid corona

As Indonesia battles the novel coronavirus disease, another health threat looms for the tropical nation with the change ...

Task force teams deployed in Sumatra, Kalimantan to anticipate fires

Indonesia's Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry (KLHK) has deployed task force teams as a precautionary ...

Surplus rice production predicted in South Kalimantan

South Kalimantan Province is expected to record up to 160,000 tons of surplus rice in August, 2020, so residents need ...

Ensure national rice stock data is accurate, Jokowi tells officials

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked officials to ensure their assessment of Indonesia’s rice stocks is ...

Eight dams to be ready in 2020: Public Works Ministry

The government has targeted to complete the construction of eight dams under the National Strategic Program in 2020 at ...

Sebangau peat forest, a paradise under threat

A man in his 30s checks a motorboat's engine, while travelers board a vessel at Kereng Bekirai Port, one of the two ...

Dozens of cattle in East Sumba starve to death

Dozens of cattle, especially horses, belonging to farmers in East Sumba district, East Nusa Tenggara, have reportedly ...

BMKG forecasts extreme weather to extend until March

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has projected extreme weather to protract until March in ...

All parties in Riau demand halting recurrence of 2019 wildfires

A top military officer urged stakeholders involved in Riau’s wildfire mitigation efforts to seriously handle ...

Riau prepares for land and forest fires this year

Riau Governor Syamsuar issued a land and forest fire emergency preparedness status, effective Feb 11-Oct 31, 2020, as ...

Riau plans to issue wildfire emergency preparedness status

The Riau provincial administration unveiled its plan to issue a land and forest fire emergency preparedness status at a ...

Nine dead in Central Tapanuli flash flood

 The death toll from the flash flood that hit Central Tapanuli District, North Sumatra has climbed to nine, ...

Central Tapanuli flash floods claim six lives, render three missing

Six people lost their lives, while three went missing in the flash floods that hit Central Tapanuli District, North ...

15 hot spots detected in Riau: BMKG

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) detected 15 hotspots in six districts of Riau Province on ...

Emergency alert status announced in Riau following flash floods

The Riau provincial administration declared an emergency alert status over the ongoing threats of flood and landslide ...