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Trigana Air victims to be evacuated using netting method: Indonesia SAR

The bodies of the Trigana plane crash victims will be evacuated using the netting and hoisting method, search agency ...

SAR team discovers 38 bodies of Trigana plane crash victims

Some 38 bodies of the victims of Trigana plane crash were discovered in Pegunungan Bintang District, Papua, until ...

20 bodies of Trigana plane crash victims found

Twenty bodies of the victims of Trigana plane crash were discovered among the wreckage of the ill fated plane on ...

Police send DVI team to Jayapura

The National Police Headquarters sent a disaster victim identification (DVI) team to Jayapura on Monday night to help ...

S. Kalimantan on highest alert for wildfires

Authorities of South Kalimantan have declared the highest alert status for wildfires that have been proliferating due ...

January peak month of natural disasters :Agency

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said, based on observation to national disaster pattern, Indonesia has ...

Aid workers must heed local culture to save lives: Red Cross

When Ebola emerged in West Africa this year, the virus was able to spread so quickly partly because burial rituals in ...

Yudhoyono`s call for mangrove protection goes unheard

President Yudhoyonos repeated calls for protecting mangroves in Indonesia seem to have fallen on deaf ears as their ...

Rapid mangrove loss results in hefty economic losses: UN report

Mangroves are being destroyed three to five times faster than the average rate of forests loss, causing emissions ...

Over 4.5 thousand hectares of rice fields inundated in Banggai

Some 4,530 hectares of rice fields were inundated in West Toili Subdistrict, Banggai District, Central Sulawesi, on ...

Lampung suffers 50 percent fall in coffee production

Lampungs coffee production fell 50 percent this year on extreme weather. This year productivity averages only ...

Myanmar urges ASEAN leaders to address climate change

Myanmar President U Thein Sein on Sunday urged leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member ...

Singapore Takes the Lead in Integrated Urban Solutions

Singapore is once again taking the lead to encourage governments and industry to come together to share and co-create ...

More airplane needed for weather modification in Indonesia: BPPT

The Agency of Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) required at least 15 airplane to optimally implement the ...

Forest fire suspects must be immediately handled: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for an immediate judicial process against Riau forest fire suspects that ...