20 Villages in encountered drought, with 16 thousand residents affected

Source: detikcom The Rembang Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) noted that there were as many as 20 villages that experienced drought, in the dry season this year. 20 Villages are spread in 9 Sub-districts throughout Rembang Regency. The head of the Rembang BPBD, Purwadi Samsi said, the numb...

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Jakarta, the fastest-sinking city in the world

The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is home to 10 million people but it is also one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world. If this goes unchecked, parts of the megacity could be entirely submerged by 2050, say researchers. Is it too late? ​It sits on swampy land, the Java Sea lapping against it, ...

Magnitude 7 Earthquake Rocks Indonesia's Lombok island

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the island of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) on Sunday, just a week after a 6.4-magnitude quake hit the same area. It also followed two quakes that occurred earlier on Sunday, a 5.6-magnitude one on the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, and a 5.2 one on the island o...

Demak investment grows sluggish

Source: Tribun Jateng ES smiles when he heard the news that Demak has become a not investment-friendly area in Central Java. With 24 years of running a business in Demak, he's well aware of business situation in the area. He revealed that investment in Demak grows slowly due to disparate vision betw...

Indonesia’s Growing Water Safety Crisis

Source: Asia Sentinel Although Indonesia's water resources account for almost 6 percent of the world's water or 21 percent of the Asia-Pacific region's total water resources, the country faces a worsening crisis over access to clean water for its 266.7 million people. Part of the problem, critics sa...

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Indonesia's Ministry of Public Works & Housing Advances to Community-Based Water Monitoring

​Source: Business Insider Date: 22 March 2018 ​In honor of World Water Day, the Directorate General of Water Resources, the Ministry of Public Works and Housing of the Republic of Indonesia presented a series of nature-based solutions program. Aiming to ensure sustainable water use without imposing ...

Water for all in Jakarta

During World Water Day on Thursday, several Jakartans went to City Hall and took a shower there. They were protesting against water privatization in Jakarta, which they said had failed to improve public access to water. They demanded that water management be returned to the public, as part of a glob...

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Palyja water supply to return to normal following IPA 2 Pejompongan repairs

Source: http://ms.thejakartapost.com/flash-updates/2018/02/20/palyja-water-supply-to-return-to-normal-following-ipa-2-pejompongan-repairs/Water supply operator PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya ( Palyja ) would like to announce that it has finished all technical maintenance work at its IPA 2 Pejompongan water t...

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Divers in Bunaken Urged to Plant Coral

Bunaken National Park (BTNB) urged divers, both local and foreign, at Bunaken Island, North Sulawesi, to plant coral following years of accumulated damage. According to the park's announcement letter, dated March 2, the efforts aim to expand coverage of the coral and increase the quality of diving i...

4 Villages in Aceh, Tamiang, are Facing Clean Water Crisis

Source: detiknews A ​total of 2,831 households (Head of Households) in four villages at Tamiang Hulu sub-district, Aceh, are experiencing a clean water crisis due to the lack of water resources and scarce rain. Head of Aceh Tamiang​ Disaster Mitigation Agency (Bada...

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Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater

Source: New York Times Date: 12 December 2018 A tsunami of human-made troubles in the Indonesian capital poses an imminent threat to the city's survival. And it has to deal with mounting threats from climate change.​ Rasdiono remembers when the sea was a good distance from his doorstep, down a hill....

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