Bali's Tanjung Benoa can be a tsunami-resilience model

Date:  May 30, 2022  Badung, Bali (ANTARA) - Tanjung Benoa village in Badung district, Bali, can serve as an example of tsunami preparedness for other Indonesian regions, Bali Deputy Governor Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati remarked on Saturday. "The international recognition of T...

Rob Flood in Pekalongan City Recedes, Hundreds of Residents Still Refuge

Date: May 27, 2022  DETIK - Pekalongan City - Tidal flooding in Pekalongan City is currently starting to recede, Thursday (26/52022). The water level in residential areas is now around 10-50 centimeters. You could say that today's tidal flood has receded by almost half when compared to las...

UNEP: Economic Impacts Of Climate Change: Exploring Short-Term Climate-Related Shocks With Macroeconomic Models

Date: May 25, 2022   Macroeconomic impacts caused by climate change may create significant credit, market, and operational risks for financial institutions. Considering these risks, many firms are beginning to explore the integration of macroeconomic impacts into climate scenario analysis....

Rob Floods Hit the Coast of Central Java

Date: May 25, 2022  TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The tidal flood hit the coastal area of Central Java on Monday, May 23, 2022. The tidal wave as high as 2 meters even paralysed the Tanjung Emas Port in Semarang. Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo asked local governments in coastal areas to prepare a c...

BPBD: Nontoxic water spray containing gas in East Seram

Date: May 24, 2022  Ambon (ANTARA) - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Maluku Province has confirmed that the spray of water containing gas is not toxic and does not threaten the health of residents in Waisamet Village, East Seram Regency. "I have coordinated with the company (C...

Clean Water Crisis in the City of a Thousand Rivers

 Date: May 19, 2022 BANJARMASIN – Until yesterday (6/5), there was no clean water flowing to the houses of residents on Jalan Tanjung Berkat. In fact, during the month of Ramadan earlier. Unfortunately, this condition has been going on since four months ago.In fact, they are also customers...

Government continues building clean water facilities in IKN Nusantara

Date: May 17, 2022  Penajam (ANTARA) - Clean water supporting facilities in Sepaku Sub-district, North Penajam Paser District, East Kalimantan, continue to be constructed as part of the requirements for building the new state capital (IKN) Nusantara."The work for the construction of clean water...

Indonesia Invites 80 World Ministers to Discuss Water and Sanitation

Source: KOMPASDate: May 13, 2022 JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The meeting of the Ministers of the Sanitation and Drinking Water for All Sector (SMM) Indonesia (SWA) will host the 2022 event which will be held on 18-19 May 2022 in Jakarta. In this agenda, as many as 80 ministers around the world will attend...

Climate Change and Water Shortcourse: For residents of South and South East Asia

Source: Griffith.edu.auDate: May 11, 2022 Download PDF File Here The short course will explore climate change mitigation and adaptation, with a specific focus on best practices in water resources management (WRM) and water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) for achieving water security outcomes. Partici...

Regional Disaster Management Agency of DKI urges residents to save water in anticipation of drought

Source: Republika.co.idDate: May 10, 2022 REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The DKI Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) appealed to Jakarta residents to save water to anticipate the dry season which is predicted to start in June 2022. This includes checking gas cylinders regularly to prevent fires....

Indonesia seeks joint ASEAN effort for sustainable peatland management

Source: ANTARADate: May 5, 2022 Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia has invited countries in Southeast Asia to work closely together for sustainable peatland management to support economic growth and maintain the ecological balance in the region and the globe.Indonesian Ambassador to the Republic of Korea,...

DLH convey the results of observations of liquid similar to jelly foam in Bima Bay

Source: ANTARADate: April 29, 2022 Mataram (Antara) - The Bima Regency Environment Agency through the Regional Secretariat of Bima Regency, West Nusa Tenggara, conveyed the results of observations about the phenomenon of liquid similar to jelly foam (jelly foam) of milk brown floating on the surface...

Sanitation 101: A study case of Indonesia

 A few months ago, it was stated that many sources of drinking water in Indonesia were contaminated with human faeces, marked by the high number of E.coli. How did that happen?Indonesia has experienced an increase in sanitation quality, even though not all residents have decent sanitation facil...

Sanitation overview in Indonesia: How close are we to lowering the stunting number to 14%?

At the beginning of the year, we were warned about the reality of sanitation and environmental health in Indonesia. Based on the study of household water quality (Ministry of Health, 2022), it is found that nearly 70% of household drinking water sources are contaminated by E. coli. This finding can ...

4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit, Bilateral Meeting on Strengthening Infrastructure Cooperation between Japan and Indonesia

Source: TIMESINDONESIADate: April 28, 2022 TIMESINDONESIA, JAKARTA-On the first day in Kumamoto, Japan, Minister of PUPR RI Basuki Hadimuljono held a Japanese-Indonesian bilateral meeting with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Japanese Tourism Tetsuo Saito, Saturday (4/23/2022...