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Teaching disaster risk reduction at Indonesian schools

Indonesia is blessed with fertile soil and various natural resources, but concurrently, the country is prone to ...

Bali needs 10 more tsunami warning sirens: disaster mitigation agency

The Bali Disaster Mitigation Agency has proposed the installment of 10 more tsunami warning sirens in the resort ...

Indonesia`s disaster risk reduction model named best practice

Indonesia`s disaster risk reduction model has been named the best practice during the Humanitarian Networks and ...

Ministry prepares for forest fires following moderate el Nino forecast

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has taken early precautionary measures against land and forest fires, with the ...

Legislator urges government to set Dec 26 as national holiday

Muhammad Nasir Djamil, a member of the House of Representatives (DPR) from Aceh Province, has urged the government to ...

Thick mud hampers Lion Air evacuation: SAR team

The joint Search And Rescue (SAR) team has admitted that thick mud has hampered the efforts to retrieve debris and ...

Basarnas to hand over JT 610 black box to KNKT

The search and rescue team will hand over the retrieved black box of Lion Air JT 610 to the National Transportation ...

SAR team detects object supposedly of lion air plane`s body

The joint search and rescue (SAR) team detected an object on the seabed supposedly of a large part of the Lion Air JT ...

Foreign assistance not needed in Lion air search: Basarnas

Director of Preparedness for Indonesia`s search and rescue agency Basarnas Didi Hamzar stated that Indonesia does not ...

Disaster refugees in Central Sulawesi need 18 thousand tents: BNPB

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) announced that some 18 thousand tents were needed to shelter the ...

IMF-WB - Jokowi asks the world to stop dark time of past in economy

President Joko Widodo invited policy makers in the world to stop the dark times in the economy after 10 years of world ...

IMF-WB - WB offers assistance for Lombok, Palu rehabilitation

The World Bank offered assistance for rehabilitation and reconstruction programs in areas in Lombok (West Nusa ...

IMF-WB - WB suggests Indonesia should increase mitigation budget

World Bank President Director Kristalina Georgiva has suggested the Indonesian government should increase the state ...

APEC races to contain disaster shocks

Officials from APEC member economies raced to mitigate the explosion of climate-driven catastrophes that are putting ...

News Focus - Indonesian government moves swiftly in handling Gonggala quake victims

The Indonesian government has to act promptly to handle victims probably trapped in the rubble of buildings damaged by ...