Roads turned to murky brown rivers, homes were swept away by strong currents and bodies were pulled from mud during deadly flash floods and landslides after torrential rains hit West Sumatra in early March, marking one of the latest deadly natural disasters in Indonesia.
Environment
The global energy transition is disrupting old industries needing to decarbonise. Meanwhile, resource-rich countries stand to benefit from the rush for ‘energy-transition minerals’.
The joint scientific expedition conducted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency successfully dived 7,178 meters deep into the Java Trench in the Indian Ocean, setting the deepest dive record for Indonesia, the expedition team said.
Indonesia is hunting for more clues that the extinct Javan tiger may still exist in the wild, a government official said Tuesday, after a new study suggested links between a DNA-tested hair and the big cat.
Battery-pack builders chase maximum range, despite the safety risks.
An Indonesian fishing village has been inundated with tonnes of rubbish after recent heavy rains resulted in stronger tides.
Australian Chargé d’Affaires to Indonesia, Steve Scott, formally launched KINETIK, the Australia-Indonesia Climate and Infrastructure Partnership, on Thursday, 14 March.
This journey began as an opportunity for me to work through some of my harder-to-tick-off bucket list items – swimming with whale sharks, walking with Komodo dragons, snorkelling Pink Beach, observing the famed lekking of birds of paradise, and exploring the insta-worthy blue waters of Raja Ampat.
The world’s third-largest coal miner, after China and India, undercounts methane emissions from production of the fuel, according to analysis.
Natasya Priyanka Miss East Kalimantan takes Bill Birtles on a tour of the Nusantara, the site of Indonesia’s new capital.
On the eve of Indonesia’s presidential election on Feb. 14, a group of people from across the country gathered at an impromptu art exhibition by the side of a main road in Sidoarjo district, East Java province.
The South Sulawesi Provincial Government together with the Partnership for Australia-Indonesia Research (PAIR) have designed a road map for developing the seaweed industry in South Sulawesi. Starting from upstream to downstream.
Most days, Jamal Adam watches over the 10 aviaries in Ake Tajawe Lolobata National Park with veterinarians and support staff. But during the holidays this past December, the 60-year-old farmer was in charge of the ambitious conservation work.
Flooding in Demak and Grobogan regencies of Central Java, 300 miles (500 kilometers) from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, has displaced about 11,500 people, including at least 1,100 children, and forced some schools to close as the Southeast Asian country grapples with the increasing impacts of the global climate crisis.
Beginning about 20 million years ago, the crashing of tectonic plates created a chain of small volcanic islands in northeastern Indonesia, just south of the Philippines.
Semakin populernya budi daya rumput laut di indonesia yang meningkat telah membawa permasalahan lingkungan.
