Indonesia: Mt. Merapi Volcano - Oct 2010 Updates

From Pakistan to the Philippines, Asia and Pacific is the region most affected by disaster displacement worldwide, according to a new report by IDMC and Asian Development Bank.

IVY HE More than 70% of the population in Indonesia live within 100km of one or more of the country’s 130 active volcanoes—that’s a staggering 175 million people. 8.6 million Indonesians live within...

Indonesia, which is the world's largest island country and located between the Indian and the Pacific Ocean, regularly faces the hardship of many natural disasters, including earthquakes, tsunamis,...

Summary Indonesia’s provinces of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta experienced a 6.3-magnitude earthquake on May 27, 2006. It killed about 5,700 people, injured as many as 60,000, and...

Jakarta | Fri, September 29, 2017 | 09:10 am The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has said cultural approaches are often more effective than structural ones in handling those fleeing...

INTRODUCTION Nearly half of the countries where UNDP works are prone to conflict, disasters, political instability and economic shocks. UNDP assists countries that are addressing sudden and...

A new publication focuses on five priority Asian countries that are highly vulnerable to large-scale natural disasters: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, and the Philippines.

Description: The number and scale of crises are forcing record numbers of people to flee their homes seeking relative safety within or across international borders. However, the growing complexity...

BRIEF HISTORY There are approximately 1,500 potentially active volcanoes around the world and only one international volcano response team that can deploy to help prevent eruptions from becoming...

In a village overlooked by Mount Merapi, hundreds of families, displaced by the volcano’s eruptions, are slowly adapting to living in their new homes. The families were relocated from their old...

The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Aerial shots from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) show that cold lava flows from Mount Merapi continue to threaten residents living on the slopes of the volcano, as some...

This report describes the current status of the Recovery Framework in Indonesia along with the lessons learned from the country’s most recent experiences in post-disaster recovery. It is one of the...

This paper explores how recent extreme events, particularly the 2010 simultaneous hazards, have or have not catalysed changes in perceptions, practices and policies relating to private sector...

Bambang Muryanto, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta | Archipelago | Wed, May 01 2013, 10:28 AM The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has given more than 240 cows, goats and sheep to those in Sleman,...

YOGYAKARTA, 8 March 2013 (IRIN) - When Indonesia's Mount Merapi, north of central Java's capital Yogyakarta, started spewing thicker and more colourful clouds of smoke in October 2010, local...

JAKARTA, 4 March 2013 (IRIN) - Scientists in Indonesia are experimenting with cloud seeding, or firing salt-based chemicals into clouds to force out rain, to try and prevent flooding in the capital...

Policies in Focus Going into 2013 Jakarta, December 18, 2012 – The economic outlook for Indonesia in 2013 remains positive despite a weak global economy, but maintaining strong investment growth is...

Afghanistan MUSHROOMS ADDRESS ISSUES OF FOOD SECURITY The food security situation has much improved thanks to good harvests this year, but pockets of food insecurity are predicted among poor...

Slamet Susanto and Bambang Muryanto, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta | Archipelago | Wed, October 24 2012, 10:34 AM Due to the huge amount of volcanic debris spewed in 2010 by Mt. Merapi in Yogyakarta,...