The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) is using science-based solutions as part of efforts to mitigate the impacts of drought in Indonesia, according to head of the agency, Dwikorita Karnawati. "Dry season in this year (2023) will become drier than the one in the previous three y...
Indonesia to Finish 13 Dams in 2023
The Directorate General of Water Resources of the Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry is targeting to complete the construction of 13 dams in several Indonesian provinces in 2023. "A total of 13 ongoing (constructions of) dams, God willing, will be completed in 2023," director general of...
Anticipate Collateral Hazards in 2023
Climate-related disasters will be the biggest challenge that must be faced in the coming years. Even so, geology-related disasters that could strike at any time risk becoming a major disruption. The La Nina phenomenon, which has been going on for the last three years, is expected to decline from Dec...
Strengthening the Disaster Resilience in Indonesia
Why Disaster Resilience Important? Indonesia is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, frequently exposed to a range of hazards. Over 60% of Indonesia's districts are exposed to a high risk of flooding. Located in the Pacific Ring of Fire with 127 active volcanoes, Indonesia als...
Indonesia on Alert Against Heavy Rain and Floods
On the heels of fatal flooding in Greater Jakarta and beyond last week, vast swathes of the archipelago are being asked to prepare for more extreme wet weather in the coming days. Over the weekend, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued more extreme weather warnings fo...
The Largest Hydroelectric Power Plant in Indonesia with a Pumped Storage System
The Upper Cisokan Pumped Storage (UCPS) Hydroelectric Power Plant (PLTA) development project is claimed to be the largest hydropower plant and the first power plant using Pumped Storage technology in Indonesia. The claim is seen from the capacity used by the Upper Cisokan hydropower plant to accommo...
Indonesia's Maritime Economic Contribution Will Be Assessed Through Ocean Account
The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves), Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, hopes that in the near future his party will be able to find out the amount of Maritime Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that is being studied on the basis of a new concept that adopts a concept that i...
What is Maritime Security Mapping and How it can Stop the Hacker Bjorka?
Member of Commission I of the DPR, Christina Aryani, said that data security and protection must be recognized as homework that the government needs to seriously consider, including other parties who collect public data, including the private sector. This was conveyed by commenting on the recen...
Indonesia Invites G20 Countries to Support Coral Reef Restoration
The Indonesian government invites G20 countries to jointly carry out coral reef restoration in Indonesia. Deputy for Maritime Resources Coordination of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Marves) Jodi Mahardi in a workshop to Ocean 20 entitled "No Coral Reef Behind" in Bal...
Capital City Relocation To Reduce Likelihood Of Jakarta Sinking
The capital city relocation to East Kalimantan could help lower the likelihood of Jakarta sinking, according to Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria. "(This is) because there would be a shift in the number of residents in Jakarta to IKN (Nusantara state capital). The number of residents will re...
Ministry's Ocean Institute of Indonesia to Improve Human Resources
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono plans to establish the Ocean Institute of Indonesia to produce quality Indonesian maritime human resources by transforming the marine and fisheries education sector. Trenggono noted in a press release here on Wednesday that superior ...
Government Continues Building Water-Supply Infrastructure at IKN Nusantara
The government continues to accelerate the transfer of the State Capital or IKN Nusantara from Jakarta to Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan. The relocation of the capital city is showed by various basic infrastructures that are being accelerated. Citing the presidential.go.id page, Thursday ...
Papua Expanded, Indonesia Now Officially Has 37 Provinces
Starting June 30, 2022, Indonesia officially has 37 provinces. This number has increased by three from the original 34 provinces in the country.These are the Provinces of South Papua (Papua Selatan), Central Papua (Papua Tengah), and Papua Mountains (Papua Pegunungan) due to the division of the Papu...
Maritime Ministry Committed to End Marine Debris Problems
The government through the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries confirm its commitment in mitigating coastal and marine environment issues in Indonesia, particularly dealing with marine debris. Through the Global Dialogue on Ocean Plastic Pollution with the theme "Ending Ocean Plastic Pollutio...
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 ...