Palangka Raya, Ekuatorial – Central Kalimantan Disaster Mitigation Agency declared emergency status amid severe floods occurred in seven out of 14 districts and cities in the province, on Thursday (19/2). “The status was based on regional reports. Based on current data, North Barito flood inundated around 6,581 houses in seven sub-districts and 50 villages. Meanwhile, […]
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Natural disasters increasing in Gunungkidul district
YOGYAKARTA (kabarkota.com) – Due to increasing land slides and waterspouts, Gunungkidul district government continues its efforts to mitigate natural disasters. Numbers of landslides areas in the district have been increasing. Initially, landslides occur in Gedangsari and Patuk sub-districts but Semin and Ponjong sub-districts are predicted to experience similar issues. The government is now focusing on […]
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Toll road development threatens agriculture in Lampung
Bandarlampung, Ekutorial – Lawmakers gave green light for Sumatran toll road to be developed in Lampung but warned that it will not displace productive lands, such as paddy fields, on Tuesday (17/2). The 140 kilometers toll road development would affected at least 70 villages in three districts, — South Lampung, Pesawaran and Central Lampung –, […]
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Indigenous people alliance urges government to set up a special task force
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Failed to pass a new law this year, indigenous people’s alliance is pushing the government to establish a task force to set up framework for acknowledging rights of indigenous people, said Abdon Nababan, a secretary general of Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN), in Jakarta, on Monday (16/2). “AMAN has been […]
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Deforested Lawu Mountain lead to clean water scarcity
Karanganyar, Ekuatorial – Massive deforestation at Lawu Mountain of Central Java led to clean water scarcity, said an expert on Thursday (12/2), in Karanganyar, Central Java. “Research through aerial photo shown that vegetation in Lawu Mountain do not qualified as sufficient water catchment areas. The Lawu forest which majority covered with pine trees are now […]
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Jakarta plans to buy helicopter to evacuate people living in islands
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – DKI Jakarta Governor, Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama, on Thursday (12/2) said that they were planning on proposing a budget to buy a helicopter intended to evacuate people living in outer islands of the province. “If there’s money and approved by Jakarta’s house of parliament, we want to buy helicopters that would be […]
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Soputan Mountain erupted but no threat to local villages
Manado, Ekuatorial – Mount Soputan of North Sulawesi erupted on Wednesday (11/2) morning but no significant threats to local villages, said a villager. “It [Mount Soputan] had erupted for six times for these past two months and it always followed by heavy rains. [However] villages’ activities are still normal,” said Ruland Sandag of Silian villager, […]
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Indonesia sank down Vietnamese ship in Raja Ampat
Sorong, Ekuatorial – Indonesian government sank down another ship caught stealing fish in Misool water areas of Raja Ampat district, West Papua, said an official, on Tuesday (10/2). Thanh Cong 99612, a 330 tons Vietnam ship, was caught stealing and storing 44 dead turtles, 400 kg of fish, 700 kg of dried stingrays, 200 kg […]
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Nearly 6,000 people evacuated from Jakarta’s flood
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – After three days of rain, nearly 6,000 people evacuated and 97 sub-districts inundated by flood, said an official, in Jakarta, on Tuesday (10/2). The hardest hit North Jakarta with the largest evacuees of 2,518 people, followed by East Jakarta and West Jakarta. All of evacuees are located in 14 shelters. “There are […]
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REDD+ runs as usual for Central Kalimantan
Palangka Raya, Ekuatorial – Despite of Indonesia’s agency to reduce emission from deforestation and degradation dissolved into the ministry of environment and forestry, Central Kalimantan would not abandon its position as a pilot province of the program, said an official in Palangka Raya, on Monday (9/2). In 2010, Central Kalimantan was appointed as a pilot […]