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Early warning important to face La Nina-caused disasters: BNPB

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) highlighted the criticality of early warning in facing the risk of ...

Ministry readies warning system for La Nina triggered-disasters

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry has readied an early warning system to face possible hydrometeorological ...

Indonesia's environment sector has evolved: minister

Indonesia's environment sector has evolved in terms of efforts made to prevent climate change, including the ...

Indonesia FoLU Net Sink 2030 helps prevent earth's temperature rise

The net carbon sink in the forestry and other land use (FoLU) sector will help prevent earth's temperature from ...

Indonesia to reiterate commitment to lowering emissions at COP26

The Indonesian Government will reassert its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the 26th UN Climate ...

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Preserving Indonesia's mangroves to nurture blue carbon potential

The Indonesian government has set an ambitious target of restoring 600 thousand hectares of mangrove forests across the ...

Combating mercury use in gold mining remains a challenge: ministry

Eradicating the use of mercury in small-scale gold mining (PESK) has remained a challenge, director general of waste, ...

COP-4 host Indonesia serious about eliminating mercury use: official

By hosting the 4th Minamata Convention Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-4), Indonesia expects to ...

Indonesia succeeds in reducing mercury use: Environment Ministry

Indonesia managed to reduce the use of mercury in the manufacturing, health, energy, and mining sectors, the ...

Indonesia makes preparations for COP26 through inter-state cooperation

Indonesia has made several preparations ahead of its participation in the Conference of Parties (COP) 26 on climate ...

Indonesia to highlight climate change mitigation efforts at COP26

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar stressed that Indonesia's Delegation (Delri) should draw ...

Indonesian cities win three ASEAN environmental awards

Three cities of Indonesia received the 5th ASEAN Environmentally Sustainable City (ESC) Award and the 4th Certificate ...

President seeking to restore 600,000 hectares of mangrove forests

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said the Indonesian government is aiming to restore 600 thousand hectares of ...

President, ambassadors plant mangroves in N Kalimantan's Tana Tidung

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) planted mangroves with ambassadors of several friendly countries and residents of Tana ...

Indonesian govt continues to crack down on illegal mining

Mining activities without permits are acts of crime, and the Indonesian Government will continue to crack down on them, ...