Mount Soputan’s activity located in North Sulawesi, is now likely to decline. However, this 1,784 meters above sea level volcano still on “siaga” status (level III). The decrease in activity is demonstrated by the energy and the amount of volcanic seismicity on Thursday (26/6). Continue reading on Nefosnews
To anticipate the land and forest fires, the National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) with ministries / agencies and the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) to anticipate the disaster. The location of these activities are spread across nine provinces of North Sumatra, Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan and […]
As Indonesia enters the dry season, fire spots begin to appear in 17 districts in South Sumatra. Therefore, the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) and the Regional Technical Implementation Unit (UPTD) have begun conducting patrols, water bombing the hotspots using Mi-8 helicopters. The fire spots will be water-bombed for the next three months ahead to […]
Fishermen in the Village Tambea and Hakatutobu which dominantly inhabited by Bajo tribe in District Pomalaa, Kolaka, Southeast Sulawesi is now experiencing difficulties. Mined land in the coastal of Pomalaa abandoned by nickel companies that have ceased their operations. Sedimentation of red mud derived from the mined land causing fishermen can not get any fish […]
Currently, drought has already hit parts of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), especially in the southern region of Lombok Island, that is in Pemongkong area and Jerowaru area in East Lombok. In addition, there are 2,132 hectares of rice field threatened in Central Lombok, Maronge, North Moyo, Stone Lanteh, and Moyo Hilir in Sumbawa. It is […]
Council Member of West Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands, asks PT Timah Tbk to seriously handle mined land reclamation program which covers tens of thousands of hectares in the area. Currently, those mined land was still open all such desert, arid, barren and abandoned. Whereas, obligation to carry out mined land reclamation is set in […]
Torrential rains that began Monday (16/6) at 9 pm until morning caused a landslide in Kampung Neglasari, Mekarwangi Village, Cariu subdistrict, Bogor regency. As a result of this incident, 6 people were confirmed dead, and 5 houses buried by landslides. Head of Data Information and Public Relations of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Sutopo […]
A number of environmental activists in Aceh claimed that there’s a number of fundamental environmental issues been ignored by Aceh Government in preparing Qanun Aceh Spatial Plan, which was approved in the end of 2013 ago by Aceh Parliament (DPRA). Such as, the loss of the nomenclature of the Leuser Ecosystem Area (KEL) in the […]
The diversity of bird species inhabiting the slope of Mount Merapi has increased after the eruption in 2010. The Forest Ecosystem Controlling Coordinator of Mount Merapi National Park (TNGM) said the last data showed there are currently 164 types of bird species living in the volcano area.
Head of Mining and Energy Aceh Said Akhsan said that the Aceh region has many mining companies, and potentially lead to disaster if not managed properly. “There are 134 mining permits that have been issued, if the left could be a disaster for the community,” he said in Banda Aceh on Thursday (12/6). Continue reading […]
