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30.4 percent of Indonesia`s coral reefs damaged: LIPI

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), through the Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program (COREMAP), ...

Cyclone Bruce strikes some Indonesia`s areas

The Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued an ...

Jakarta`s poor to enjoy sacrificial animal meat

The poverty-stricken dwellers in Jakarta and across the country received rations of sacrificial meat on Tuesday when ...

Step up community vigilance against disaster

Community vigilance against disaster should be stepped up in order to reduce the number of victims and material damage ...

Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Mentawai islands

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale jolted southeast of Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, on Wednesday at ...

Magnitude 6.1 quake hits Mentawai

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit Pagai Selatan in the district of Mentawai islands, Sumatra, at 12.05 pm on ...

Floods, landslides hit 11 districts in Indonesia

Floods and landslides have hit 11 districts in Indonesia lately, a spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation ...

Mentawai floods displace 10,000 residents

Floods on Siberut Island, Mentawai District, West Sumatra Province, have displaced around 10,000 residents, according ...

Mentawai flood victims suffer from several diseases

Several flood victims in North Siberut and South Siberut Sub-districts of Mentawai Islands District, W Sumatra, are ...

Indonesia releases more sea turtle hatchlings into sea

Several inhabitants of Sao Village, Mentawai Island, West Sumatra Province, must be overjoyed when they found a 75-kg ...

Indonesia racing against time to achieve MDGs

Many developing countries including Indonesia have just less than three years to make significant progresses in ...

Wild boar hunts threaten Sumatran tiger habitat

The rising number of wild boar hunts in several parts of West Sumatra has threatened the habitat and population of ...

Mentawai prepares six programs to enhance development

Mentawai Islands district administration in West Sumatra has prepared six prioritized programs in effort to enhance ...

Govt approves budget for W Sumatra`s tsunami evacuee shelters

The government has approved budget allocations for the construction of tsunami evacuee shelters in West Sumatra`s ...

Boat people from Sri Lanka adrift off Mentawai rescued

The Search and Rescue Agency of Padang has rescued a boatload of illegal immigrants from Sri Lanka found adrift in the ...