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news focus: No need to worry about this year`s drought

The current drought which had caused water crises and affected 95,891 hectares of rice fields in the country is ...

Yemen security forces kill 26 protesters: medics

Yemeni security forces opened fire on anti-regime demonstrators in Sanaa on Sunday, killing at least 26 and wounding ...

Forest fires could hinder C02 cutting efforts

Forest fire hot spots have been detected in around 10 provinces in Indonesia during the present dry season which has ...

Govt aims to produce billions of ornamental fish

Indonesia expects to produce three billion ornamental fish this year, an official of the ministry of fisheries and ...

Drought escalates to all districts in E Java

The Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has recorded that the drought in East Java has spread to 29 districts ...

Minister calls for greenhouse gas emission reduction to overcome drought

Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said reducing greenhouse gas emissions is one of the long-term efforts to ...

PMI to distribute water to drought-affected regions

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) will distribute clean water to 15 drought-affected districts/cities in five ...

RI's reforestation program to absorb 47.6 bln tons of carbon gases

Indonesia is resuming its reforestation program this year, having set itself the target of planting at least 1.7 ...

ASEAN Foundation chief acts moderator in EU public lecture

Executive Director of ASEAN Foundation Dr. Makarim Wibisono had been invited by the Mission of the European Union in ...

Clean water crisis affects 15 sub-districts in Sukabumi

Fifteen sub-districts in Sukabumi district, West Java, are running short of clean water during the dry season, a ...

Wild elephant crushes woman to death

A wild elephant is reported to have crushed a woman to death while she was taking water for her household needs at a ...

Almost 96,000 people facing food crisis

A serious food crisis threatens 95,973 people in NTT Province, an official said. "The total of 95,973 people ...

Independent Review Increases Nido's Prospective Resources Estimates

-     An independent report has increased Nido Petroleum Limited's ("Nido", ASX: NDO) prospective ...

Asia helps balance world`s economy: president

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his speech at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on East ...

Samosir Strengthens Environmentally-based Development

Samosir district in North Sumatra has made tourism industry a dominant sector by strengthening environmentally-based ...