#water resources

Collection of water resources news, found 62 news.

Environment ministry to establish peat land restoration agency

The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry will establish a Peatland Restoration Agency for land conservation ...

20 killed in tribal clashes in Kenya: police

At least 20 people were killed in inter-clan violence in northern Kenya on Sunday, the police said, further ...

Collaborations Reinforce Singapore International Water Week as Premier Global Platform to Share and Co-create Solutions

Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), held from 1-5 June 2014, saw S$14.5 billion in total value for the ...

CTI Center Expected To Make Manado World`s Coral Reef Capital

The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF), a partnership of six countries ...

Participatory approach needed to overcome haze

Indonesia needs to take a participatory approach where the central government, local administrations, non-governmental ...

Yogyakarta govt to repair 50 km of Merapi evacuation road

The Yogyakarta Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency said the government will repair the 50-kilometer evacuation road ...

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 ...

Poor water management can hamper development progress

Poor water management could hamper the nation`s development and limit food production, UNESCO Jakarta office Director ...

Jakarta facing water crisis

Jakarta is facing a clean water crisis as the nation`s demand for drinking water continues to surpass its supply, ...

Indonesia ready to host ICOLD meeting

Indonesia is ready to host the 82nd meeting of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), the Indonesian ...

Chavez says capitalism may have destroyed life on Mars

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said life probably existed on the Red Planet, but was destroyed by capitalism and ...

Govt needs Rp 10 trillion investment in drinking water

The government is preparing two million house connections of drinking water with an investment of Rp10 trillion in ...

Singapore monitoring forest fire smoke in Jambi

Singapore continues to monitor smoke from forest fires that often blankets Jambi and its surrounding areas and ...

Indonesia, Singapore to develop BBK Free Trade Zone

The Indonesian and Singaporean governments cooperate in the development of Batam, Bintan and Karimun into an ...