Pekanbaru Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has stated the potential of rainfall on Riau hotspots is still in minimum scale. Bright and smoky weather were still dominating several regions. [Read full text on Tempo]
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Sharks Fin Market in Tanjung Luar
One of the places that make Indonesia known as the world’s leading exporter of shark fins is a fish auction market of Tanjung Luar located in East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). In this auction, each day, dozens, even hundreds, of sharks and rays in a range sizes being unloaded from 70 ships coming from […]
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Air Quality in Kediri Threatens Children
The Environment Health Engineering and Disease Control of the Ministry of Health is conducting air quality measuring on several spots in Kediri, East Java which is affected by Mount Kelud’s volcanic dust after the eruption. The air quality is believed to be harmful for the refugees, especially for those who wear no masks. [Read full […]
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Mount Sangeang Api in NTB is on Alert Status
The results of monitoring three volcanoes in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) shows that Mount Sangeang Api in Bima declared on alert status. While Mount Tambora in Dompu and Bima district, along with Mount Rinjani in Lombok are in the normal active state. Monitoring conducted by the Department of Mines and Energy of NTB as requested […]
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Conservation workers remove ash from temples
The Central Java Cultural Heritage Conservation Center (BPCB) started on Monday to clean several temples affected by the Mount Kelud eruption. The temples include Plaosan, Sewu, Sojiwan and Merak, which are located in the Prambanan temple area and are badly affected by volcanic ash.
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Kelud Eruption Likely to Form a Crater, Says Expert
Mount Kelud’s eruption on Thursday, February 13, was affirmed to change the shape of the volcano mountain. “The lava dome has disappeared,” said Gede Suantika, the Acting Head of Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) to Tempo on Friday, February 14. The 16-million-cubic lava dome, which had been a mascot for Mount Kelud tourism destination, was reported to […]
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Volcanic ashes from Mt. Kelud forces Yogyakarta airport closures
Authorities at Adisutjipto International Airport, Yogyakarta, have closed the airport since Friday morning following to rain of ashes from Mount Kelud. Continue reading to Antara.
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Damage to Lorentz National Park Needs Investigation
Reports that parts of the Lorentz National Park have been damaged because of new road construction needs to be investigated, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Papua Director Benja Mambay said. Benja also said the Minister of Forestry has issued a permit but an environmental impact analysis was still being conducted. [Read full text here]
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507 Thousand Hectares Forest in NTB Damaged
The rate of forest and land destruction in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) is still quite large. The extent of 507 thousand hectares consists of 230 thousand hectares in forest area and 277 thousand hectares outside the forest region. Whereas forest area is 1,071,722 hectares or 53.14 percent of the entire NTB land on which reached […]
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High Degradation along Watersheds in Lombok and Sumbawa
Destruction to critical lands along the watersheds in Lombok dan Sumbawa has been rated high. Destruction on the Lombok Island reached 71.59 percent and on the Sumbawa Island reached 70.09 percent. The rate of erosion risk of watershed in the province of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) classified as severe, spread on 85.52 percent of the […]