#water resources

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EARTH WIRE -- 76 mln people in India have no access to safe water: Report

At least 76 million people in India do not have access to clean water, a report published by international charity and ...

Task force of forest fire prevention extinguishes land fires

A task force of forest fire prevention workers in Riau province has managed to extinguish the land fires which ...

President says high electricity prices due to unnecessary costs

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) revealed on Tuesday that the price of electricity in Indonesia was higher compared to ...

North Sulawesi to build a giant dam

Expected to be completed in 2019, the Kuwil dam in Kawangkoan, North Minahasa District, will be a giant reservoir in ...

EARTH WIRE -- Peatland restoration helps prevent forest fires

Set up nearly a year ago, Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has wasted no time in protecting and restoring peatlands ...

EARTH WIRE -- China to appoint "river chiefs" to fight pollution

China will appoint "river chiefs" to prevent pollution in the nations waterways, the official Xinhua news agency ...

Yearender - Indonesia on track to revitalize industrial sector

The government will continue to focus on restoring and revitalizing the industrial sector because of its vital role as ...

EARTH WIRE -- Land and water resources altered by Syria war

Researchers have analyzed satellite data and determined that the civil war in Syria and subsequent refugee migration ...

EARTH WIRE -- BRG to restore 2.4 million hectares of damaged peat lands

Indonesias Peat Land Restoration Agency (BRG) said it hoped to restore 2.4 million hectares of damaged peat lands ...

EARTH WIRE -- Indonesian govt allocates Rp187.5 billion for lake rehabilitation

The Directorate General of Water Resources of the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing has allocated Rp187.5 ...

Indonesian govt allocates Rp613.27 billion to handle floods

Nearly Rp613.27 billion (US$47 million) of a special budget, up from Rp559.16 billion budget in 2015, has been ...

Jakarta bay reclamation to be hot topic in election campaign

Indonesias electorate is looking forward to a very exciting and fierce gubernatorial election campaign in Jakarta as ...

Greenpeace concerned about Indonesian coastal area development

Greenpeace Indonesia has expressed concern at the development in Indonesias coastal areas which tends to be ...

Government sets aside Rp70 trillion for 65 dam projects

The government has decided to set aside Rp70.1 trillion to build 65 water reservoirs until 2022, an official said ...

Kubota, NTT and NTT Communications to develop ICT solutions for agriculture and water infrastructure

- Kubota Corporation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) and NTT Communications ...