KEFAMENANU, 29 August 2011 (IRIN) - Erratic weather has exacerbated food insecurity in one of Indonesia's driest regions, leaving farmers and families hoping for the best as October's planting season...
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Lessons in Urban Sanitation Development: Indonesia Sanitation Sector Development Program 2006-2010
Abstract At national level, program efforts focused on advocacy for, and support to, sanitation policy and strategy development, improved sector coordination and the establishment of an investment...
Indonesia: Appeal No. MAAID002 - Annual Report 2010
This report covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2011. In brief Programme outcome: The purpose of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) programme is to support the...
GIEWS Country Briefs: Indonesia 15-April-2011
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Prospects for 2011 main season paddy harvest are favourable Rice prices have been soaring in last months Food security situation is generally good Prospects for 2011 main...
Too Little Too Late: Welfare Impacts of Rainfall Shocks in Rural Indonesia
Abstract The authors use regression analysis to assess the potential welfare impact of rainfall shocks in rural Indonesia. In particular, they consider two shocks: (i) a delay in the onset of monsoon...
Indonesia: 36 tons of aid waits for Wasior
Up to 36 tons of humanitarian aid intended for victims of last year's flash flood in Wasior, West Papua, have been unable to reach them because of limited sea transportation facilities serving the...
Indonesia: Flash flood in Kudus, struck eight district
PMI Central Java Province Crisis Center reported, flash flood hit Kudus Regency on Sunday morning, yesterday (02/06/2011). Flash floods hit eight districts in Kudus, Central Java. More detail, areas...
Indonesia - Tsunami and Volcano Fact Sheet #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2011
KEY developments - On January 9, 2011, the Government of Indonesia (GoI) Center of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (CVGHM) downgraded the alert level for Mt. Merapi in Central Java...
Indonesia: Lamong River Flood Have Not Receded
PMI Surabaya Crisis Center reported that flooding occurred since Monday night (1/31/2011). Rainfall is high enough at that time in the Surabaya City and caused the overflow of Lamong River. Water...
Indonesia: Riau farmers suffer floods, harvest failures
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 02/01/2011 9:27 AM | Archipelago A | A | A | Farmers in Kundur, Riau Islands province say their harvests failed after flood waters inundated their fields. Jali, a...
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Killer year caps deadly decade - reducing disaster impact is critical says top UN disaster official
Geneva - Some 373 natural disasters killed over 296,800 people in 2010, affecting nearly 208 million others and costing nearly US$110 billion, according to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology...
Indonesia: Floods in North Coast of Subang, Drawn Thousands of Houses
PMI NHQ Crisis Center reported, flood disaster hits thousands of homes in the north coast of Subang, West Java, since Tuesday morning until Wednesday (01/19/2011). "The water is getting higher and...
Indonesia: Tidal bore destroys homes in East Nusa Tenggara
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 01/19/2011 10:11 AM | Archipelago A tidal bore accompanied by heavy rainfalls and strong winds hit the shores of Sikka regency in Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) on...
Indonesia: Floods affect thousands of residents in W. Java
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 01/18/2011 3:25 PM | Archipelago Thousands of houses in Pamanukan in Subang Regency, West Java, were hit by floods on Tuesday. Following the heavy rains the rivers...
Indonesia: 1,000 evacuated as floods hit Larantuka
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 01/17/2011 3:58 PM | Archipelago A | A | A | Floods have forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 residents of Waibalun in Larantuka, East Flores Regency, East Nusa...
Indonesia: Medan hit by large flood, thousands forced to flee
Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, Thousands of houses in parts of Medan, North Sumatra, were submerged by floodwaters of up to 2 meters deep Thursday after three rivers in the city overflowed...
Indonesia: Bengawan Solo River floods village
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 01/04/2011 11:32 AM | Archipelago Recent heavy rains caused the Bengawan Solo River, flowing through central and eastern Java, to flood on Tuesday, submerging some...
Indonesia: Hundreds of houses flooded in Jambi
Heavy rains pouring from Sunday night to Monday morning have flooded hundreds of houses in Muarojambi, Jambi, especially those located in the lowlands and near the riverbank. The Antara news wire...
Indonesia: New staple food needed for food security goals
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 12/24/2010 9:44 AM | National A firmly established culture of rice consumption in Indonesia may put food security at stake, potentially hampering the country's...
Indonesia: Flood inundates hundreds of houses in Kampung Melayu
Hundreds of houses in Kampung Melayu, Jatinegara, became inundated by floodwaters at around three a.m. Tuesday morning. Floodwaters reached depths between 50 and 200 centimeters. According to...