TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The head of the Mount Merapi National Park (TNGM), Muhammad Wahyudi, has ensured the recovery of the ecosystem in the affected areas due to illegal sand mining. Park officials have ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Rampant illegal sand mining activities pose a threat toward the existence of lava retaining walls (sabo) that expands through the river disembogues at the peak of Mount Merapi.

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Mount Merapi has erupted at regular intervals since 1854, but this hasn't stopped thousands of people from settling on its slopes. The nearby city of Yogyakarta has a population of 2.4million yet sits ...

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted Saturday with avalanches of searing gas clouds and lava, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities on the slopes of the country’s most active volcano.

Merapi, on the densely populated island of Java, unleashed clouds of hot ash and a mixture of rock, lava and gas that travelled up to 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) down its slopes. The eruption throughout ...