#rivers

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Household wastes pollute 70 percent of Indonesian rivers

About 60-70 percent of the rivers in Indonesia are contaminated by domestic or household wastes, a deputy of Pollution ...

BNPB warns Jakartans about peak flooding in mid-January

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has warned residents of Jakarta, popularly called Jakartans, to be ...

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 ...

Indonesia SAR prepares map of Jakarta`s flood-prone areas

The Indonesia National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) is preparing a map of those Jakarta areas that are prone to ...

Floods submerge 1.942 hectares of rice fields in Kuantan Singingi, Riau

Floods have inundated rice fields covering a total area of 1,942 hectares and killed a number of cattle in Kuantan ...

Jakarta Great Sea Wall to have serious waste impact: Walhi

The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) has argued that the Jakarta Great Sea Wall (JGSW) will hold wastes from ...

Government implementing Ciliwung River restoration project

The central and regional governments are cooperating to restore the water quality of Ciliwung River to solve the ...

Sichuan Tourism Welcomes Your Participation

-On July 10, the Tourism Administration of Sichuan Province held the Sichuan Tourist and Investment Promotion in Hong ...

Idul Fitri travelers forecast to reach 19.29 million

Minister of Transportation Evert Erenst Mangindaan on Wednesday forecast that the number of travelers during the ...

Cleaning Up Jakarta`s Rivers

For Iwan Suseno, a resident of Kebon Manggis area in East Jakarta, flooding has been like an unresolved problem that ...

Communal conflicts not affecting plantation development in Papua

Conflicts between two tribal groups in the district of Mimika, Papua, did not hamper development of oil palm ...

Jakarta sets target to clean rivers of garbage by 2015

As part of a garbage removal initiative, the regional government of Jakarta has set a target to clean 128 rivers and ...

Task force extinguish fire in Riau

The haze disaster mitigation task force has claimed that they have successfully extinguished 173 hot spots that burned ...

Indonesia, Poland strengthen environmental cooperation

Indonesia and Poland used the recent visit of Polish Secretary of State of Water Resources Stanishlaw Gawlowski, who ...

Chilean Wines reinforce their presence in the Indonesian market

- Chilean wine will be at the Food, Hotel and Tourism Bali, Indonesia, to be held from March 6th to 8th. On this ...