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BI pushing investment outside Java to reduce growth disparities

Bank Indonesia (BI) is encouraging investors to expand sustainable investments to regions outside Java Island, ...

Rare corpse flower blooms ex-situ in Bogor Botanical Garden

Corpse flower Rafflesia arnoldii R. Br., also known as the giant lotus, has bloomed in the Bogor Botanical Garden, ...

Swarnabhumi Celebration and preservation mission for Batanghari River

Jambi in Sumatra Island is renowned for its natural wealth in plantation areas and river ecosystems, whose stories are ...

PLN supports South Sumatra as food-producing area

State-run electricity provider PT PLN, through the Electrifying Agriculture Program, strives to support Southern ...

Indonesian economy still concentrated on Java Island: BPS Head

Indonesia's economy in the second quarter of 2022 is still concentrated on Java Island, according to Head of ...

Government imports 3 million doses of FMD vaccine

The government has imported three million doses of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine to mitigate FMD ...

Java, parts of Sumatra categorized as FMD red zones

All provinces on Java Island and some provinces on Sumatra Island have been categorized as red zones for foot-and-mouth ...

BNPB asks Java's southern coast to mitigate quake, tsunami's impact

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has urged policymakers, communities, and all components in  ...

Western, central Indonesia experiencing higher temperature rise: BMKG

An increase in surface air temperature has been more evident in the western and central regions of Indonesia, the ...

Sumatra Island development requires integrated planning: Governor

West Sumatra Governor Mahyeldi has said that the accelerated development of Sumatra Island will require integrated ...

More parking lots at toll roads to prevent road congestion

Minister of Public Works and Public Housing, Basuki Hadimuljono, confirmed that his side will increase the number of ...

Government completes 18,687 kms of gas pipelines: BPH Migas

The Downstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (BPH Migas) has announced that natural gas pipelines and additional ...

Climate, amplified atmospheric dynamics causing mercury spike: BMKG

The air temperature in Indonesia has increased due to climatological factors and amplified atmospheric dynamics on a ...

Minister inaugurates gas and steam power plant in Riau

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arifin Tasrif launched a 275-megawatt gas and steam power plant in Tenayan Raya ...

Focusing on mitigating forest, land fires in Sumatra, Kalimantan: govt

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has said that it is currently focusing on mitigating forest and land fires in the ...