JAKARTA - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported that climate change that occurred and affected Indonesia triggered hail in Central Papua which had an impact on hunger for residents in the region.
Head of BNPB Lt. Gen. Suharyanto said that different climate phenomena, namely the cold climate in Papua, are occurring when others experience dry season.
“So people's plants, corn, die because there is an extraordinary cold temperature phenomenon. So that there are several thousand Papuans located in Central Papua, this is what is experiencing hunger, until 6 people die, ” said Suharyanto, an online discussion was monitored in Jakarta, Antara, Monday, July 31.
The issue of climate change must be a serious concern. The current government's effort is to provide direct assistance to the people of Central Papua.
In addition, BNPB together with a number of other agencies such as BMKG, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of PUPR, National Food Agency seeks to reduce the impact of drought caused by the El Nino phenomenon, where the peak is predicted in September and October.
The government has prepared two strategies to reduce the impact of El Nino's phenomenon of causing drought, namely urging water availability in drought-prone areas, and vigilance on forest and land fires.
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