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Indonesia did not have major natural disasters in 2012

Indonesia, a country which is prone to natural disasters - floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, droughts, tsunamis ...

Frequency of whirlwinds increasing in Indonesia

The number of whirlwinds that hit Indonesia last year was 28 times higher than that of the year 2002 due to the impact ...

Artificial rains being considered to put out forest fires

Forest fires have hit several provinces in Indonesia over the past few months and produced haze that has had an effect ...

Australian envoy for climate change visits C Kalimantan

Australian Ambassador for Climate Change Justin Lee visited an Australia-funded REDD+ pilot project in Palangkaraya, ...

BNPB, BPPT to conduct cloud seeding in 3 provinces

The National Disaster Mitigation Board (BNPB) and the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) ...

Orangutans continue to face extinction in the wild

Increasing deforestation or the conversion of forest land into plantations has taken its toll on the natural habitats ...

Philippines storm "Kai-Tak" to bring heat to Indonesia

A tropical storm named Kai-Tak (locally known as Helen) that recently slammed the Philippines could cause temperatures ...

Philippines storm may trigger drought in Indonesia

Tropical storm Kai-Tak, which hit most of the Philippines recently, is likely to cause droughts in parts of ...

Canada University develops application to prevent forest fires

Researchers from the University of British Columbia are developing an application for smart phones that could help ...

Teakwood forest catches fire in Madiun

At least four hectares of the Teakwood forest in Madiun district, East Java province caught fire on Saturday, and it ...

NOAA satellite detects 12 hotspots in Riau

The US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) satellite has detected 12 hotspots at six districts in ...

Indonesia govt denies report on increased deforestation rate

The government has declared that a report regarding the country`s loss of almost 5 million hectares of forest and ...

Over 900 hectares of woods on fire in Siberia

Over 900 hectares of woods are on fire in Siberia, the Emergencies Ministry's regional center reported on Monday. ...

BMKG detects drop in number of hot spots in w Sumatra

The Ketaping Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) in West Sumatra said that in the last week there ...

news focus: heart of Borneo designated as "world`s lungs"

Kalimantan Island or also known as Borneo is host to a vast area of the country`s remaining tropical rainforests ...