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Indonesia: Floods, landslides
kill 35 in Central Java
Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) At least 35 people have died after heavy rains
and floods triggered landslides in the Indonesian province of Central
Java
Sutopo Nugroho, spokesman for the Indonesian Disaster Management
Agency said, "The landslides buried dozens of homes, and floodwaters
inundated thousands of houses. Of the 35 killed, 31 died in landslides
and four died in the flooding. An additional 25 people remain missing."
Most of the landslides and flooding occurred in the Purworejo
subdistrict, where 11 people died and several are reported missing
Disaster officials, the military and police joined forces with non-
governmental agencies and volunteers to rescue and evacuate residents
from affected areas.
Nugroho said that the weather anomaly is the result of several factors -
- including warm sea temperatures and the massive flow of moist air
from the Indian Ocean resulting to unstable atmospheric conditions
and increased rainfall. converging in Sumatra and Kalimantan, resulting
to unstable atmospheric
Source : Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/19/asia/indonesia-
central-java-landslides/index.html
South Borneo Mangrove
A local councilor claims 147,000 hectares of the 166,000
Forest Severely Damaged hectares of mangrove forest in South Borneo were destroyed.
"Only 19000 hectares are still in good condition. The rest has
Damaged Mangrove razed," the head of the South Borneo Regional
Representatives Council Commission II, Mohammad
Forest Ihsanuddin, was quoted as saying Saturday by news portal
tribunnews.com. Ihsanuddin blamed the damage on human
encroachment, citing the construction of a special port or
embankment as one example. He said mangrove forests were a
necessary part of the local ecosystem, as they served to protect
the area from seawater abrasion and provide breeding areas for
fish. Ihsanuddin claimed mangrove plants also helped prevent
the spread of avian influenza. He claim ed that at the height of
the avian influenza outbreak, the North Sumatra
administration added mangrove leaves into livestock feed and
no farm fowl contracted the disease. He called on the local
administration to not easily issue licenses to businesses
exploiting mangrove areas
Source : thejakartapost.com
 French delegates established on Tuesday a new business group representing
French companies that aim to tap into the huge potential in Indonesia’s renewable
energy sector.
The new group, named the French Renewable Energy Group (FREG), comprises
companies that already operate or have interests in investing locally and a branch
of France’s largest renewable energy organization, Syndicate for Renewable
French Renewable Energy Energy (SER).

Group set up in Indonesia French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Marc Ayrault acknowledged Indonesia’s
ongoing efforts to increase the use of renewable energy sources to make up 23
percent of all domestic energy needs by 2025, saying that France was willing to
share its expertise with its counterparts
“We have many innovative and high-achieving companies in France […] The new
energy group that we have formed in Indonesia will be a stage where we can show
off France’s strengths in the energy sector,” said Ayrault, who is also former
French prime minister, during the FREG launch at the Energy and Mineral
Resources Ministry’s office. He also hoped that the newly-founded group could
strengthen bilateral cooperation in this sector.
FREG is expected to enhance business-to-business contact between French and
Indonesian companies and to encourage more French renewable energy
companies to invest in Indonesia.
Furthermore, the group will work together with the Indonesian Renewable Energy
Society (METI) to help identify and develop renewable energy projects in the
country.
Source: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/02/28/french-renewable-
energy-group-set-up-in-indonesia.html
 Indonesia is expected to earn US$5 million in foreign exchange from international
visitors to the international sport series event MXGP 2017 in Pangkal Pinang,
Bangka-Belitung province, on March 4 and 5 plus Rp 50 billion (US$3.74 million)
from domestic visitors.
The event, which will be covered by 62 foreign TV broadcasters from 60
countries, is expected to also help promote tourism sites in the region, said
Minister expects MXGP 2017 Tourism Minister Arief Yahya. He also urged the local media to report on the
event.
to boost tourism About 5,000 foreigners are expected to attend the event, which is being hosted for
the first time by Indonesia, with each person spending an average of $1,000 while
staying in the country, he said.
“We also expect over 50,000 Indonesians to attend the event,” Arief said on
Monday during a press conference at the ministry’s office in Jakarta, adding that
each Indonesian was projected to spend an average of Rp 1 million.
Indonesia is the third country in Asia, after Qatar and Thailand, to be selected to
host the event.
The MXGP sport event was introduced in 1957 and was sanctioned by
international motorsport federation, the Fédération Internationale de
Motocyclisme (FIM).
Dozens of motocross racers from 20 countries will compete in motocross races in
the Pangkal Pinang event, which include the Women’s Motocross World
Championship.
Source: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/02/28/minister-expects-
mxgp-2017-to-boost-tourism.html