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Indonesia, Poland explore cooperation in green technology

The Indonesian and Polish governments have agreed to explore cooperation in green technology that is expected to be ...

Law enforcement strengthened to tackle Sumatran forest fires

Hotspots in forests, plantations and peatland fires, which came early on Sumatra and Kalimantan islands this year, ...

Myanmar, Norway seek cooperation in environmental conservation sector

Myanmar and Norway are seeking cooperation in environmental conservation sector, state-media reported Friday. The ...

POSCO E&C Wins Ho Chi Minh City Sewage Treatment Plant Project in Vietnam

- POSCO E&C (Vice President Jeong Donghwa) announced on January 26 that it had won the second-stage project for a ...

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 ...

When haze attacks three countries, cooperation needed

Haze knows no border. In this current dry season with extreme hot weather, Sumatra is being hit by forest, peatland ...

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 ...

Most Asian countries face water crisis

More than 75 percent of Asia- Pacific countries lack water security, with many of them facing an imminent water crisis ...

Indonesia Committed to Increasing Coverage of Clean Water Supply

The Indonesian government, as one of the signatory countries of The Millennium Declaration, is committed to achieving ...

Bina Marga to act firmly against incompetent contractors

The Highway Construction (Bina Marga) and the Water Resource office of the Kuantan Singingi district said it would ...

Catholic sacred place Sendangsono to be renovated

Catholic sacred place Sendangsono in the sub-district of Kalibawang, Yogyakarta, will be renovated to serve not only ...

Poverty gripped district of Lebak hit by harvest failure

The poverty gripped district of Lebak in Banten is in for worse problem with harvest failure hitting extensive areas ...

Govt developing programmes to tackle drought

The government has planned to develop and implement programmes in order to minimise the impact of drought on the ...

World Water Week Opens With Call for Global Action to Reduce Food Waste

-     Global leaders assembled today at the opening session of the 2012 World Water Week in ...

Kenya calls for end to hostilities after ethnic clash kills 48

The Kenyan government on Wednesday called for immediate observance of peace and cessation of hostilities after Tuesday ...