Yogyakarta's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) is advising local residents across Yogyakarta's southern coast to exercise extra caution as high tidal waves are expected to persist for the next three months.

Coordinating Minister for Economic Nasution said the government is to speed up the implementation of the one-map policy policy to prevent forest fires.

WWF Indonesia has launched Saireri Expedition to find out the condition of social, economic, land and water environment in Cendrawasih Bay, Papua, with motorboat Gurano Bintang for 21 days, from June 1, 2016.

Mount Kerinci in Jambi, Sumatra, continued spewing thick smoke on Saturday following a 6.5 magnitude quake in the southwestern coast on Thursday."After the quake the activity of Mount Kerinci is increasing. 

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reports that A 6.5-magnitude earthquake has jiggled Padang City, West Sumatra, at 5:56 a.m., early Thursday, in a number of regions, creating panic for local residents, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

Yogyakarta's Environment Agency - aided by the help of private donors Russel Maier, Ani Himawati, and the Independent Recycler Networks - plans to utilise plastic waste by recycling them into environmentally-friendly bricks, called ecobricks.

Flood that overflowed from Ciliwung River also inundated a densely populated area at RW 01 and 02, Cawang, Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, at around 1 AM until this afternoon.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) station in Pekanbaru detected 56 wild fire hotspots in eight districts and municipalities in the Riau province on Saturday (April 2)

Severe floods are expected on China's Yangtze River this year due to a strong El Nino weather pattern, state media said, raising the risk of deaths and damage to property and crops along the country's longest waterway.