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La Nina forecast to begin in September 2016

The natural phenomenon of La Nina, which usually triggers a heavy rainy season in Indonesia, is forecast to begin in ...

Peatland Restoration Agency established to prevent forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), under Presidential Regulation No. 1 of 2016, dated January 6, 2016, has established a ...

Environment ministry to establish peat land restoration agency

The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry will establish a Peatland Restoration Agency for land conservation ...

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 ...

President highlights economic, political concerns at tni leadership meeting

President Joko Widodo spoke about economic and political concerns at the opening of the leadership meeting of the ...

BSP-Pertamina overshoots oil production target

The Joint Operation Body (BOB) of PT Bumi Siak Pusako and PT Pertamina Hulu overshot its crude oil production target ...

NTT Communications Opens Top-Scale Data Center in Thailand

- NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within ...

Storm causes flooding, road closures in Britain

Storm Desmond has caused widespread flooding, road closures and power cuts to tens of thousands of homes in the ...

Indonesia Plays Dual Roles in Climate Change Issues

As an archipelagic country with vast forests and maritime areas, Indonesia is unique as it is most vulnerable to the ...

Cleaning Up Jakarta`s Rivers

For Iwan Suseno, a resident of Kebon Manggis area in East Jakarta, flooding has been like an unresolved problem that ...

House to summon Jakarta governor over coastal reclamation plan

The House of Representatives (DPR) will summon Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (Jokowi) over the planned coastal ...

Jakarta governor optimistic giant sea wall to start in 2013

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, Jokowi, is optimistic that the construction of giant sea levees or giant sea wall to ...

news focus - natural disasters remain challenge to asia-pacific`s robust economic growth b - (d)

Apart from the slowdown of world`s economy due to crisis in the United States and some European countries, natural ...

Bank Indonesia predicts inflation to reach 1.1% in January

Bank Indonesia (BI), the central bank, has predicted that inflation will reach 1.1 percent by the end of this month, ...

Pros and cons on idea to move capital city from Jakarta

Following major floods that almost crippled Jakarta recently, an idea to move Indonesia`s capital city to another ...