#natural disaster mitigation

Collection of natural disaster mitigation news, found 144 news.

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Tackling forest fires in 5 Indonesian provinces

Several children attending the Islam Akramunnas Kindergarten in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, had no option but to wear ...

Jokowi instructs to immediately extinguish forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given orders to immediately put out the forest fires currently raging in several ...

Some 5,929 deployed personnel douse forest fires in five provinces

Some 5,929 personnel, comprising military, police, and civilian officers, were deployed to extinguish forest fires in ...

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Connecting goods and people of Pacific, Southeast Asia

The first ever Pacific Exposition highlighting the region’s business, investment, and tourism potential began in ...

Indonesian FM holds meetings with nine Pacific nations

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno LP Marsudi held bilateral meetings with leaders of nine Pacific nations on ...

Japan extends grant for reconstruction, disaster mitigation

Japan has agreed to give Indonesia a grant of 5.089 billion yen for three reconstruction and disaster mitigation ...

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Accelerating rescue operations in flood-hit Sentani

Indonesia has been hit by at least two major floods during this current transitional period from the rainy to the dry ...

PMI speeds up disaster mitigation efforts in flood-hit Sentani

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) held a coordinating meeting to discuss efforts to expedite handling of the impacts of ...

Over 5,000 residents of Yogyakarta affected by natural disasters

Some 5,046 residents of Yogyakarta have been affected by flooding and landslides that hit Kulon Progo, Gunung Kidung, ...

Thousand of Riau residents suffer respiratory problems due to haze

Thousand of residents in Riau Province have suffered respiratory problems after they were exposed to air pollution ...

Thousands of houses flooded in C Java

Thousands of houses in Batang and Pekalongan districts and Pekalongan municipality, Central Java, were flooded on ...

House speaker calls for vigilance against natural disasters

Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) Bambang Soesatyo has called for vigilance against possible ...

Rescue operations in Sukabumi landslide hampered by rain

The search and rescue team has found difficulties to deploy heavy equipment to evacuate victims of the landslide in ...

15 villages in Karawang affected by prolonged drought

Fifteen villages in three sub-districts in Karawang District, West Java Province, have been affected by severe dry ...

Prolonged drought triggers wildfires on mountains in Java

Some parts of Indonesia`s regions have entered the rainy season, while several others, such as Java and Nusa Tenggara ...