#mitigation efforts

Collection of mitigation efforts news, found 487 news.

Ministry allocates Rp15 billion for victims of Mt Sinabung eruption

The Social Affairs Ministry has allocated Rp15 billion to help those affected by the eruption of Mount Sinabung in ...

Landslides, No. 1 Killer in Indonesia in 2014

Being located in the Pacifics ring of fire and comprising over 17 thousand islands, Indonesia is prone to natural ...

Disaster mitigation needs international cooperation: VP Kalla

The Indonesian Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla said every country, including Indonesia, needs international cooperation ...

VP Kalla to share disaster mitigation experiences in UN conference

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla will share his experiences on disaster mitigation efforts in the Third World ...

Jakarta claims to be better prepared to tackle floods

Jakarta is notorious for its traffic jams and floods during the rainy season, which usually begins late in the year ...

Environmental degradation triggers drought: Walhi

The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) explained that drought occurs almost ...

VP Boediono calls for preventive measures against forest fires

Vice President Boediono has called on the Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) to intensify ...

New government to consider adequate fiscal requirement: Finance minister

Finance Minister Chatib Basri said that the new government should contemplate adequate fiscal requirement to carry out ...

Yudhoyono bids farewell as Indonesian president at WEFEA

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who will end his second term of office in October, bid farewell to participants of ...

Two volcanoes` status in Java increased

The status of the two most active volcanoes in Java Island, Mount Slamet and Merapi, were raised by the authority on ...

Army, LAPAN agree to develop rockets

The Indonesian Army (TNI AD) and the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) signed a Memorandum of ...

President urges regional governments to remain alert until March

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on the regional governments to remain alert for potential natural ...

President chairs meeting to discuss disaster mitigation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono chaired a special meeting with relevant ministers and officials in his office here ...

President Yudhoyono calls for optimum efforts to handle floods

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has appealed to all ministries and government institutions to use all their ...

Annual floods hit parts of Indonesia

Typically, January and February are the peak months of the rainy season in Indonesia, which mostly results in flooding ...