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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 ...

Moderate quake jolts North Maluku

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku at 4.21 a.m. ...

5.4-magnitude earthquake hits south buru district causing damage: Agency

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolted South Buru District on Sunday (Jan. 17), causing casualties and damaging houses in ...

RENAC: unlocking private finance for green energies through capacity building

- The Renewables Academy AG (RENAC), based in Berlin (Germany), in cooperation with the ...

Indonesia not dependent on international agenda: Environment minister

Indonesia is not depending on international agenda when it comes to preserving its environment, Minister of ...

Effective peatland management necessary to minimize forest fires

Peatland fires have been one of the contributing factors to the deteriorating haze, which has blanketed several parts ...

BMKG intensifies efforts to anticipate hurricanes in ASEAN

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) strengthened exchange of information on climate and weather ...