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Indonesia seeks cooperation with Dutch in climate change adaptation

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) has offered to cooperate with the Netherlands to cope with climate ...

Govt allocating up to Rp5 trillion annually for disaster mitigation

The Indonesian government has been earmarking Rp4 trillion-Rp5 trillion every year for disaster mitigation efforts in ...

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Daily disasters bring mitigation, prevention to fore

The Indonesian people need to find a way to live with natural disasters considering the nation’s geographic ...

Indonesia eyes narrowing down disaster-triggered GDP contraction

Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan highlighted the government's target to ...

Nine disasters reported per day in past year: BNPB

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has recorded a total of 3,253 natural disasters in the one year since ...

Pandemic an opportunity to strengthen disaster resilience: Widodo

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said that the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has offered an opportunity to ...

BNPB reports 657 natural disasters hit Indonesia since early 2021

Indonesia bore witness to 657 natural disasters in the year ending March 1, 2012, that claimed 271 lives, rendered 11 ...

Authorities mull curbs on unregulated gold mining in C Sulawesi

The Parigi Moutong district administration disclosed on Friday that it will consult with the Central Sulawesi ...

Six districts in S Sumatra put under alert status for flood, landslide

The South Sumatra Provincial Natural Disaster Mitigation Board (BPBD) has declared alert status for floods and ...

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As La Nina brings disaster, misery, demand for climate action grows

Hydrometeorological disasters, such as floods, landslides, and whirlwinds, have been simultaneously witnessed in ...

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Respite for the displaced

Fatimah, a resident of Kurau village in Kurau sub-district, Tanah Laut district, South Kalimantan, said she is ...

Indonesian Rectors Forum offers aid to S Kalimantan's flood victims

The Indonesian Rectors Forum (FRI), on Saturday, distributed Rp70 million in cash and 200 humanitarian aid packages to ...

VP distributes aid packages to flood-stricken victims of Subang

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin handed out President Joko Widodo's humanitarian aid packages to the flood ...

Task Force chief makes recovery from COVID-19 after self-isolation

Chief of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Doni Monardo has recovered from COVID-19 and tested negative for the virus ...

Government, BI agree on five inflation-control strategies for 2021

The government and Bank Indonesia (BI) have agreed to apply five strategies to control inflation in 2021, according to ...