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Indonesia faces severe weather warning

Severe weather has hit several regions in Indonesia, triggering hydrological natural disasters, such as floods, ...

Floods submerge 1,000 ha of rice fields in Kulon Progo

Floods submerged 1,000 hectares of rice fields in five sub-districts in Kulon Progo District, Yogyakarta special ...

Maharani chairs meeting on hydrology, geological disaster mitigation

Coordinating Minister for Culture and Human Development Puan Maharani chaired a coordination meeting on hydrology and ...

Yogyakarta declares emergency alert status following natural disasters

The Yogyakarta Special Autonomous Provincial Administration has declared an emergency alert status following natural ...

Government assures safety of Bali tourists

The Indonesian government has assured that Bali remains safe for tourists, although the alert status for Mount Agung ...

Indonesia, Samoa agree to strengthen cooperation among PIF countries

Indonesia and Samoa have agreed to strengthen cooperation among Pacific Island Forum (PIF) member states, the ...

BNPB wins Geospatial Asia 2017 Award

The National Disaster Mitigation Board (BNPB) has won Asia Geospatial Excellence Award 2017 from the Geosmart Asia ...

Jakarta to form disaster standby volunteers team

The Jakarta administration is planning to set up a community-based team of disaster standby volunteers, acting Jakarta ...

RENAC: Green Finance Specialist degree to boost finance in green energies

- For many finance institutions renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies – as main drivers of the ...

650 million ASEAN people live in disaster-prone areas

More than 650 million people in Southeast Asia live in disaster-prone areas, Chief of the Indonesian National Disaster ...

Flood emergency status declared in Manokwari district

The Manokwari disaster mitigation office (BPBD) has declared a flood emergency status for the district following flash ...

Komodo exercise to strengthen Indonesia`s maritime culture: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) expressed hope that the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK) would help to ...

Indonesia empowers communities to prevent forest fires

The traumatic experiences due to forest fires and the consequent haze disaster are still fresh in the minds of ...

World Bank provides grant to help prevent forest fires

The World Bank has provided a grant amounting to some US$12 million this year to help prevent forest fires, Chairman ...

Government empowering community to prevent forest fires

The government is empowering the rural community to prevent forest fires, Chairman of the National Disaster Mitigation ...