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29680
Tue, 11/11/2008 - 20:17
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PRESIDENT WANTS DISASTER MITIGATION EFFORTS MORE INTEGRATED WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES
Jakarta, Nov 11 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on all institutions concerned in the country to make domestic disaster mitigation activities more integrated and compatible with those in neigboring countries.
The president made the call at a function to launch an Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System (InaTEWS) at the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) here on Tuesday.
"I ask all parties in Indonesia to conduct disaster mitigation activities in ways that are more integrated and compatible with the disaster management systems developed by our neighbors," the head of state said.
Yudhoyono said that through an integrated system, joint disaster management with neighboring countries would be more effective.
"I also welcome cooperation with international institutions in disaster management programs," he said, adding that the Indonesian government had a high commitment to improving its activities in anticipating tsunami disasters.
The president said the government was committed to improving its early warning technology through the launch of InaTEWS, victims evacuation management, and improvement of refugee shelters.
Yudhoyono also said the government had enacted Law No.27/2007 as a legal umbrella for the regulation of natural disaster management.
But he added that in spite of the improvements in the disaster management system, the people of Indonesia should continue to be ready and vigilant as their country was prone to earthquakes and other natural disasters.
On Tuesday, President Yudhoyono launched InaTEWS, which was constructed by 18 government institutions and technologically and financially supported by five donor countries -- Germany, France, the United States, China, and Japan.
On the occasion, BMKG chief Dr Sri Woro Harijono said the launching of the tsunami early warning system was part of Indonesia's success in coordination with various organizations and institutions at home and abroad.
"It is also part of a real manifestation of Indonesia's consistency in its efforts to detect tsunami in advance," Sri Woro said, adding that InaTEWS was constructed to protect Indonesia from the dangers of tsunami.
Data from BMKG indicated that 57 percent of Indonesia's coasts or around 46,170 kilometers of its 81,000-kilometer-long coastline are prone to tsunami.
Sri Woro said the InaTEWS would give information to people in coastal areas about an impending tsunami five minutes after a powerful earthquake had occurred.
The tsunami early warning system for Indonesia is made up of 160 seismometers, 500 accelerographs, 40 GPS, 80 tide gauges, and 23 dart-buoys.
Up to October 2008 InaTEWS had operated 116 seismometerz, 45 tide gaugez, and 3 dart-buoyz.
The system was designed by Germany with a new technology called Decision Support System (DSS).
The DSS has two systems which are able to collect all information from earthquake monitoring systems, tsunami simulation, tsunami monitoring, and earth crust deformation after an earthquake.
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The president made the call at a function to launch an Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System (InaTEWS) at the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) here on Tuesday.
"I ask all parties in Indonesia to conduct disaster mitigation activities in ways that are more integrated and compatible with the disaster management systems developed by our neighbors," the head of state said.
Yudhoyono said that through an integrated system, joint disaster management with neighboring countries would be more effective.
"I also welcome cooperation with international institutions in disaster management programs," he said, adding that the Indonesian government had a high commitment to improving its activities in anticipating tsunami disasters.
The president said the government was committed to improving its early warning technology through the launch of InaTEWS, victims evacuation management, and improvement of refugee shelters.
Yudhoyono also said the government had enacted Law No.27/2007 as a legal umbrella for the regulation of natural disaster management.
But he added that in spite of the improvements in the disaster management system, the people of Indonesia should continue to be ready and vigilant as their country was prone to earthquakes and other natural disasters.
On Tuesday, President Yudhoyono launched InaTEWS, which was constructed by 18 government institutions and technologically and financially supported by five donor countries -- Germany, France, the United States, China, and Japan.
On the occasion, BMKG chief Dr Sri Woro Harijono said the launching of the tsunami early warning system was part of Indonesia's success in coordination with various organizations and institutions at home and abroad.
"It is also part of a real manifestation of Indonesia's consistency in its efforts to detect tsunami in advance," Sri Woro said, adding that InaTEWS was constructed to protect Indonesia from the dangers of tsunami.
Data from BMKG indicated that 57 percent of Indonesia's coasts or around 46,170 kilometers of its 81,000-kilometer-long coastline are prone to tsunami.
Sri Woro said the InaTEWS would give information to people in coastal areas about an impending tsunami five minutes after a powerful earthquake had occurred.
The tsunami early warning system for Indonesia is made up of 160 seismometers, 500 accelerographs, 40 GPS, 80 tide gauges, and 23 dart-buoys.
Up to October 2008 InaTEWS had operated 116 seismometerz, 45 tide gaugez, and 3 dart-buoyz.
The system was designed by Germany with a new technology called Decision Support System (DSS).
The DSS has two systems which are able to collect all information from earthquake monitoring systems, tsunami simulation, tsunami monitoring, and earth crust deformation after an earthquake.
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