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 […]
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Riau Hotspots Rises, Visibility 500 Metres
The distribution of hotspots in Riau, based on Satellite NOAA18, since Tuesday (11/2) until Wednesday morning (12/2) showed an increase. In Riau recorded 243 hotspots, while in Aceh 75, and 74 hotspots in North Sumatra. This condition causes visibility in Riau only 1 km. Even on Tuesday (11/2) visibility less than 500 m. [Read full […]
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Evacuation posts set up around Mt. Kelud
The government, through the Kediri Disaster Management and Displaced Persons Coordination Board (PBP) task force in East Java has prepared evacuation shelters following an increase in Mount Kelud’s volcanic activity. “We have set up 78 evacuation shelters in four districts, specifically Wates, Puncu, Kepung and Plosoklaten. Around 59,000 residents live around the volcano,” PBP head […]
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Peatland in Kayee Lon, Aceh Jaya, Burned
Peatland where located in Kayee Lon, in the border region between Aceh Jaya and Aceh Barat, burned. Precisely at the border of Teunom subdistrict, Aceh Jaya, with Arongan Lambalek Subdistrict, Aceh Barat.
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Haze disrupts flights, schools in Riau
The haze from forest and peatland fires in Riau has begun to disrupt flight schedules at Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in Pekanbaru as well as forcing a number of schools to close. Thick haze in Pekanbaru on Tuesday caused maximum visibility at only around 500 meters. At least five flights at Sultan Syarif Kasim […]