#watersheds

Collection of watersheds news, found 43 news.

LIPI professor devises system to boost water security

A research professor from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has developed a water balance instrumentation ...

Indonesia seeks cooperation with Dutch in climate change adaptation

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) has offered to cooperate with the Netherlands to cope with climate ...

President urges South Kalimantan governor to ensure no future flooding

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) urged Governor of South Kalimantan and all district heads as well as mayors in the ...

Mary Kay Inc. expands partnership with The Nature Conservancy to protect waterways across the globe

Last year, Mary Kay Inc., an international leader in corporate and social responsibility, announced the company had ...

2,000 scout members joined recycled costume carnival

Some 2,000 scout members joined a carnival of recycled costumes in Jakarta's MH Thamrin street during car-free day ...

Yudhoyono`s call for mangrove protection goes unheard

President Yudhoyonos repeated calls for protecting mangroves in Indonesia seem to have fallen on deaf ears as their ...

Lessons learnt on managing mangroves sustainably

Indonesia`s mangrove swamp is the largest in the world, covering some 3.2 million hectares, or 22 percent of the total ...

South East Asian youth join clean river campaign

A number of youth from several Southeast Asian countries joined "Our Rivers Our Life" (OROL) campaign to promote ...

Bogor hosts soil, water assessment toll conference

The Third Conference and Workshop on Soil and Water Assessment Toll for Southeast and East Asia (SWAT-SEEA) is being ...

Billions of trees to be planted across Indonesia

Realizing that tree-planting can make a valuable contribution to the fight against global warming, the Forestry ...

Forestry minister plans to plant 1.5 billion trees

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan plans the planting of 1.5 billion trees this year to re-green critical land and ...

Ani Yudhoyono concerned about human trafficking in ASEAN

Indonesian First Lady Ani Yudhoyono has added her voice to one of the causes of human and migrant workers right ...

Tree-planting world record set in Philippines

Philippine environmentalists have set a world record for the most trees planted simultaneously, kickstarting an ...