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Jakarta Looks At 1001 Ways To Prevent Flooding

Indonesias capital city, Jakarta, with a population of around 10 million, has suffered the brunt of annual flooding ...

Villa demolition yet to solve flood problem: minister

Environment Minister Balthasar Kambuaya stated that the demolition of illegal villas in the Puncak resort area have ...

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 ...

Bogor hosts soil, water assessment toll conference

The Third Conference and Workshop on Soil and Water Assessment Toll for Southeast and East Asia (SWAT-SEEA) is being ...

Indonesia to restore polluted rivers

Indonesia is a tropical country having at least 5,590 rivers and 65,017 tributaries with a total length of the rivers ...

Flood hits 21 hamlets in North Sumatra

A flood hit 21 hamlets in North Sumatra`s Serdang Bedagai district on Wednesday due to the overflowing of Padang and ...

It is not easy to find solution to floods

Director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for Jakarta Hubert J Gijzen ...

Floods hit nine sub-districts in Banten province

Floods hit nine sub-districts in Lebak district, Banten province, on Wednesday as a number of rivers overflowed ...

Floods hit several parts of Indonesia

Rains in the past two days caused flooding in several parts of the country on Sunday but no fatalities and injuries ...

Indonesia govt making efforts to overcome drought impact

It is currently estimated that the drought, which has hit nine provinces in Indonesia, will affect at least 127,000 ...

Jambi has largest community forest in Indonesia

Jambi province has the largest community-based forest in Indonesia, covering 52,521 hectares, according to Jambi River ...

Walhi: 46 pct of river basins in Aceh damaged

The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) has said that 46 percent of the river basins in Aceh province have ...

400-pound gorilla escapes, bites zookeeper at buffalo zoo

A 400-pound adult male gorilla escaped his cage at the Buffalo Zoo on Monday, biting a female zookeeper before being ...

Govt aims to plant over 1.5 billion trees in 2012

The Forestry Ministry is aiming to plant more than 1.5 billion trees across the country this year as part of the ...

Past Year Marked By Intense RI-UNESCO Engagement

The year 2011 has been quite special for Indonesia and UNESCO as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono spoke at a UNESCO ...