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DVI team identifies victims of burning ferry in North Jakarta

The Jakarta Metro Jaya Police assigned the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team to identify the dead victims of ...

Death toll of burning ferry in North Jaakarta rises to 23

The death toll of a ferry, Zahro Express, which caught fires in the waters of Seribu Island, on Sunday morning, rose ...

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 ...

Citilink fires allegedly drunk pilot

Low-cost carrier Citilink Indonesia has fired the pilot of the QG 800 flight who was allegedly drunk and caused the ...

EARTH WIRE -- Peatland restoration helps prevent forest fires

Set up nearly a year ago, Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has wasted no time in protecting and restoring peatlands ...

Yearender - Indonesia successfully fights forest fires in 2016

Many inhabitants of Riau Province have a fleeting sense of relief since, for the first time in the past 18 years, they ...

Yearender - Indonesia`s agriculture has better prospects in 2017

The El Nino weather phenomenon that struck Indonesia in 2015, bringing droughts and wide-spread forest and land fires, ...

EARTH WIRE -- BRG to restore 2.4 million hectares of damaged peat lands

Indonesias Peat Land Restoration Agency (BRG) said it hoped to restore 2.4 million hectares of damaged peat lands ...

Twin bombing outside Istanbul soccer stadium kills 15, wound dozens

Two explosions, one thought to have been a suicide bomb, killed at least 15 people outside a soccer stadium in ...

EARTH WIRE -- Indonesian govt imposes moratorium on land clearing of peatland

Indonesia, through its new government regulation (PP) No. 57/2016 on the revision of PP No. 71/2014 on Peat Ecosystem ...

Indonesia eyeing Russian amphibious vehicles and helicopters

Indonesian Ambassador to Russia Wahid Supriyadi expressed Indonesian interest in Russian amphibious vehicles and ...

Australia, Indonesia help farmers to overcome climate change

Australia is working together with Indonesian forestry and agriculture industries to prevent forest and peat fires as ...

Singapore PM praises Indonesia`s handling of smoke problem

Singapores Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong praised and thanked Indonesia for the handling this year of smoke from ...

Anti-Trump protest leaders say preparing for long fight

The protests in major U.S. cities against Republican Donald Trumps surprise presidential election victory have been ...

EARTH WIRE -- Team of 13 lawyers to help Walhi in SP3 pretrial

Environmentalists of the Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi), said they have a team of 13 lawyers to help them in ...