#land subsidence

Collection of land subsidence news, found 52 news.

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Preserving Indonesia's mangroves crucial for climate change mitigation

Indonesia, which is home to one of the world’s largest mangrove forests, has set a target of rehabilitating 150 ...

Mangrove forests to hereafter not be converted into ponds: Minister

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Eddhy Prabowo has made assurance that mangrove forests would henceforth not be ...

Seven provinces placed on alert status over torrential rainfall: BMKG

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) announced here, today, that the second-highest alert status ...

Floods inundate several parts of Jakarta on Sunday

Several areas in Jakarta were flooded on Sunday morning following heavy rains overnight. One of the flooded areas ...

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Cues taken from Tokyo to address land subsidence in Jakarta

Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta is sinking fast and projected to to be lost underwater in 2050 owing to the ...

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Adapt together or be eliminated: land subsidence in North Jakarta

The soil along the alley of Blok Empang at Muara Angke, a coastal area in North Jakarta, appears far from normal, its ...

Greenpeace raises concerns over capital city relocation to Kalimantan

Greenpeace Indonesia raised environmental and governance concerns regarding a plan to develop a new capital city in ...

New capital city to not become new autonomous region: Minister

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has excluded the possibility of forming a new autonomous region in Kutai ...

Sea-level rise poses threat to Jakarta, Semarang, Demak coastal areas

Rising sea levels and decreasing land surface, driven by global climate change, pose an existential crisis to coastal ...

Indonesia to host second Asia International Water Week

Indonesia is scheduled to host the 2nd Asia International Water Week which will be held in Bali from November 3 to 7, ...

Jakarta hosts C40 Cities Climate Action Planning Program

The governor of Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, expressed pride over Jakarta becoming a host of the launch of the C40 Cities ...

High rainfalls cause flooding and landslides in Jayapura

High rainfalls in the past few days have caused floods and landslides in several parts of Jayapura city, Papua ...

Police interrogate five workers over land subsidence on Gubeng highway

The Police have interrogated five construction workers to look into the cause of land subsidence on Gubeng highway in ...

Jakarta Governor speaks on rural management at Global Urban Summit

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan attended the Urban 20 (U20) Global Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Oct 29-30 and ...

Jakarta Bay reclamation project being implemented in two stages

The Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs has explained that the Jakarta Bay reclamation project is being ...