Jakarta, Ekuatorial – National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on Thursday (27/11) launched graphic information which integrated disaster and demographic data for each provinces. Its aim is for regional governments to related population with disaster risk management. “We are having difficulties on mapping out population of elderly, toddlers, and people with special needs before disaster, emergency, […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Around 80 percent of natural disasters in Indonesia caused by climate change which place adaptation efforts more crucial to tackle by government, said an official in Jakarta, on Tuesday (25/11). “There are two impacts [of climate change], which are direct impacts such as floods, droughts, landslides, and sea level rise. Meanwhile, indirect […]
Klaten, Ekuatorial – To anticipate Mount Merapi lava flood, Klaten Mitigation Disaster Agency installed surveillance cameras at Woro river upstream, said an official, in Klaten, Central Java, on Monday (24/11). “The device is meant to monitor lava movement of Mount Merapi when it’s raining,” said Sri Winoto, head of the agency adding that there were […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Out of five main activities, Indonesia has only managed to submit two emission reduction activities for the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Peru, Lima, said an official on Monday (24/11), in Jakarta. “We have just submitted two variables in the Forest Reference Emission Level or FREL, which are deforestation and forest […]
East Aceh, Ekuatorial – After five years of experiment, two farmers of East Aceh district developed environmentally friendly pesticide for their paddies establishing different way of farming. Jafar, 55 years old farmer of Seulemak Muda village of Nurussalam sub district, and his son of 25 years old, Agusnaini started out their experiment after most of […]
Sorong, Ekuatorial – Documentary film “Guardians of Raja Ampat” by world class cinematographers Shawn Heinrichs and John Weller hit premier WTC beach, Waisai, Raja Ampat, Papua, on Thursday (20/11). The movie followed stories of people which have contributed to change the face of Raja Ampat to become a better conservation area, aside for economical benefits. […]
Manado, Ekuatorial – Despite Manado was considered as prone to natural disaster, its government was still unprepared for safety measures, said a lecturer, in Manado, South Sulawesi, on Thursday (20/11). Professor Berty Sompie of Sam Ratulangi criticized on how city administration was lacking to socialize standard operating procedure or SOP for natural disaster to public. […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – As President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has repeatedly stated for Indonesia to return as a strong maritime country, the sentiment was hailed positively by activists who are currently protesting against reclamation of Benoa Bay. “In relation to president’s inagural speech, we are hoping that [president] Jokowi can pay attention to what we are […]
Langsa, Ekuatorial – Eco-friendly agriculture practice, dubbed as System Rice Intensification (SRI), turned out to be more profitable than regular agricultural method, said a farmer in Langsa, on Monday (17/11). The SRI method is an eco-friendly agricultural practice which intensified land use and use organic products, especially for its fertilizers. This type of agriculture is […]
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