INDOSASTERS

Get ready for major disasters

2011-03-31T07:20:00.000-07:00

A colleague from Banda Aceh asked me via Facebook whether the present disasters can be good or bad for the future of disaster risk reduction? He asked “What can I explain to the people of Aceh as a disaster mitigation advocate, as I used Japan as the perfect model for a tsunami-ready society?” What is the best answer to these questions?

Occidentalism and the Future of the Humanitarian Emergency Management

2010-06-06T12:39:00.000-07:00

Jakarta Post 13 April 2010, http://www.thejakartapost.com/paper/2010-04-13 but strangely not available online. the version appeared in Bataviase.co.id is based on automatic scan which misses many spellings.. here is the original version:This is a shorten version with 900 words from the original 1600 words. Occidentalism and the Future of the Humanitarian Emergency ManagementJonatan Lassa*Globally

Early warning systems and politics of fear

2010-01-25T01:25:00.000-08:00

Early warning systems and politics of fear

Opini - Climate-gate dan Anatomi Climate Change Skeptics

2009-12-16T13:15:00.000-08:00

Tulisan ini merupakan versi lain dari tulisan Penulis di Kompas 17 Des 2009 - "Climategate" atau Pro-"Status Quo"? Opini - Climate-gate dan Anatomi Climate Change Skeptics Jonatan Lassa*Berita tuduhan Climate-gate - hasil akses hackers atas email 160 megabytes dari Climate Research Unit (CRU) Universitas East Anglia di Inggris – tentang komunikasi persolan dua ahli langganan IPCC - perlahan

The Roles of Community Based Approach for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Indonesia

2009-11-24T08:43:00.000-08:00

The Roles of Community Based Approach for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Indonesia, Conference Proceeding 5th National Conference Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction, Makassar, 5-8 Oct 2009. ISSN: 2086-1443. MPBI, Jakarta, 81Download PDF

Community Based Approach to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Towards Sustainable Livelihood: Ten Years Experiences PMPB Kupang

2009-11-15T17:10:00.000-08:00

Community Based Approach to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Towards Sustainable Livelihood: Ten Years Experiences From PMPB KupangYulius Nakmofa dan Jonatan LassaDownload file

Masyarakat Sadar Bencana

2009-10-02T14:46:00.000-07:00

Masyarakat Sadar BencanaOpini Kompas, Jumat, 2 Oktober 2009 | 04:55 WIBJonatan LassaRiset sejarah Gregory Clancey dalam buku Earthquake Nation: The Cultural Politics of Japanese Seismicity, 1868-1930 terbitan University of California Press 2006 merefleksikan Jepang sebagai bangsa gempa.Istilah ”Jepang sebagai bangsa gempa” pertama kali muncul bukan karena gempa yang melahirkan petaka. Sebaliknya,

Evaluation of Disaster Governance in Indonesia 2004-2006

2009-05-01T06:34:00.000-07:00

Old paper on Evaluation of Disaster Governance in Indonesia 2004-2006. The content is in Bahasa. Please download the file from here. Download

Linking Risk Reduction and Poverty Reduction

2009-03-21T07:20:00.000-07:00

I am happy to share two recognition of works of my folks in West Timor in the ISDR Publication in 2007 and 2008.Clean water as an entry point to risk reduction and poverty alleviation - By Community Association for Disaster Management (PMPB) Kupang. In UNISDR 2008 "Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Poverty Reduction Good Practices and Lessons Learned A Publication of the Global Network of NGOs

No more fish in the sea

2009-03-02T11:56:00.000-08:00

Is it a disaster? No more fish in the sea Mar 2nd 2009 From Economist.comThe global fish catch is levelling offWORLD fish production hit 143.6m tonnes in 2006, the highest since records began in 1950, according to a new biannual report from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation. Just over 110m tonnes was eaten by people, with the rest used as animal feed or for other commercial uses. Some

The DNA Code of Risk

2009-02-28T03:58:00.000-08:00

Please download the full paper (final version March 2009) entitled "The DNA Code of Risk Has TWO Intertwined Strands: Why Vulnerability Matters. A Civil Society Response to the Draft Guidelines for Disaster Risk Assessment in Indonesia." Download Full Paper: The DNA Code of Risk

Feeling better, doing worse?

2009-02-26T03:59:00.000-08:00

By Jonatan Lassa, Bonn, Thu, 02/26/2009 Opinion, the Jakarta Post.There is an increasing trend of social economic losses in "natural" disasters due to the rising number of natural hazard incidents together with the increasingly vulnerable population in Indonesia.The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) jointly with Leuven Catholic University's Center for Research

Cost and Benefit Analysis for Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia

2009-02-10T03:08:00.000-08:00

A Contribution to IDEA Jogja’s Research on Participatory Cost and Benefit Analysis for Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesian Districts: Towards Participatory DRR Budgeting. The IDEA report is forthcoming in 2009Please download from HERE

The Disaster of Jokes and the Jokes of Disaster

2009-02-10T02:25:00.000-08:00

Disaster of Jokes and Joke of Disaster: Towards Fuller Understanding of the Risk context!Please download from: Here

Our starving children

2009-01-23T23:59:00.000-08:00

Published in The Jakarta Post Business and Investment - January 23, 2009Jonatan Lassa, BonnJust recently, this newspaper reported 11 children died of acute malnutrition in Kupang, West Timor within just three weeks. Four of them were from an ex-East Timor refugee camp in Kupang district (The Jakarta Post, Jan. 15).The story of the mortality of the 11 children was "fortunate" in being seized upon

New Publication on Interdisciplinarity Concepts

2009-01-19T05:23:00.000-08:00

Dear readers, I would like to share two recent papers on interdisciplinarity concept available for download. Best, JLThe Rational Organisation of Dissent. Boundary concepts, boundary objects and boundary settings in the interdisciplinary study of natural resources management By Peter P. Mollinga, 2008, ZEF Working Paper 33, University of Bonn.Interdisciplinarity, Problem Focused Research and

Measuring the sustainability of tsunami early warning systems: an interdisciplinary research agenda

2008-12-09T17:56:00.000-08:00

*Title: Measuring the sustainability of tsunami early warning systems: an interdisciplinary research agenda*Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards, Volume 2 Issue 4 2008Author: J. A. LassaLink: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a906252186~db=all~order=pageAbstract Measuring the sustainability of any hazard early warning system (EWS)

When Heaven (hardly) Meets the Earth: Towards Convergency in Tsunami Early Warning Systems

2008-12-01T03:59:00.000-08:00

When Heaven (hardly) Meets the Earth: Towards Convergency in Tsunami Early Warning SystemsJonatan A. Lassa##BIGS DR ZEF, University of Bonn, Germany & Institute of NTT Studiesjonatan.lassa@uni-bonn.de or jonatan.lassa@gmail.comAbstract— The people at risks, the end-users of warning services, are the raison d'etre of tsunami early warning systems (TEWS) and not the technology. Therefore, central

Warning system is about people

2008-11-26T21:01:00.000-08:00

Warning system is about peopleJonatan Lassa , Bonn | Thu, 11/27/2008 11:04 AM | OpinionCan scientists create an Early Warning System (EWS) for the Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS)? Can an early warning system have an early warning system of its own, alerting the beneficiaries of such things as its failures, effectiveness, efficiency and if there is an absence of system sustainability?Can

AusAID DRR Facility for Indonesia: A$67 Million

2008-11-25T23:05:00.000-08:00

FYIMEDIA RELEASE - PRIME MINISTER, MR KEVIN RUDDAA 24 November 2008Australia-Indonesia Disaster Reduction Facility AnnouncedThe Prime Minister of Australia and the President of Indonesia, leaders of the two economies co-chairing the APEC Taskforce on Emergency Preparedness, met today to discuss regional disaster coordination – one of the themes of the current APEC Leaders' meeting in Peru.Both

Menuju Rumah Sakit Indonesia Yang Aman Bencana

2008-11-14T20:37:00.000-08:00

Opini: Menuju Rumah Sakit Indonesia Yang Aman BencanaJonatan Lassa*Tema Hari Bencana Dunia yang jatuh pada 8 Oktober 2008 adalah ‘Rumah Sakit Bebas Dari Bencana.’ Analisis tentang Rumah Sakit kerap menjadi isu rutin, kalau bukan marginal dalam pembangunan di banyak Negara berkembang. Terlampau ‘berlimpah’ bukti empirik untuk menjadikan Rumah Sakit sebagai lokus mitigasi dan pengurangan risiko

BRIEF REPORT on Vernacular Disaster Risk Management in Indonesia

2008-11-04T21:58:00.000-08:00

BRIEF REPORT on Vernacular Disaster Risk Management in Indonesia Jonatan Lassa *One of the most important messages in the 4th Community Based Disaster Risk Management Conference (CBDRM) in Bali, 19-21 August 2008, is the need to conceptualize vernacular disaster risk management in Indonesia. Dr. Syamsul Ma'arif, the head of National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) pleaded Indonesian experts and

One More Impact of Climate Change: Longer Days (Literally)

2008-04-24T02:36:00.000-07:00

One More Impact of Climate Change: Longer Days (Literally) - From Discovery.com. Picture: Discovery.com.Keren Blankfeld Schultz at Scientific American has an interesting report on the effects of severe weather on the length of a single day, or the total time it takes Earth to rotate once on its axis. As it turns out, the speed of the planet’s rotation is determined by the amount of mass across

Shock Doctrine: An Excerpt from the Introduction

2008-04-09T05:54:00.000-07:00

From book titled The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster CapitalismShock Doctrine: An Excerpt from the Introduction Diterjemahkan bebas dari artikel oleh Oleh Shelly W.M (PO DM Hivos Aceh) Saya bertemu Jamal Perry pertama kalinya pada bulan September 2005, di sebuah penampungan besar milik Red Cross di Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Makan malam disajikan oleh seorang scientologist muda yang selalu

What happens if China’s “one child” is left behind?

2008-03-07T06:59:00.000-08:00

Robert Engelman – March 3, 2008 – 1:36pm Based on a senior official’s remarks, it looks like China may soon relax its one-child policy. That has raised fears among some demographers that the country will experience a massive baby boom once the reproductive shackles come off, and hence “could overturn

Challenging China's Climate Change Babies

2008-03-05T07:29:00.000-08:00

Excuses, inaction only add to global warming burden Opinion - October 02, 2007 Jakarta Post Jonathan LassaChina recently claimed its "one-child policy", forcibly imposed three decades ago, had prevented 300 million births (a figure equal to the population of the United States), and consequently had helped to fight global warming. In other words,

Politik Lumpur Sidoarjo, Ilmiah Saja Tidak Cukup [teropong kompas]

2008-03-02T19:18:00.000-08:00

Sabtu, 1 Maret 2008 | 02:49 WIB Yuti Ariani“Itu perlu suatu penelitian yang mendalam. Saya kira tidak bisa dinyatakan secara politik (oleh DPR). Bencana alam atau bukan, itu bukan masalah politis.” Wapres Muhammad Jusuf Kalla (Kompas, 19/2)Penelitian penyebab semburan lumpur Lapindo di Kabupaten Sidoarjo membagi ilmuwan menjadi dua kubu, yakni yang berpendapat akibat bencana alam dan kesalahan

Lumpur Lapindo, Lumpurnya Tuhan? - Opini Kompas

2008-02-29T14:36:00.000-08:00

Lumpur Lapindo, Lumpurnya "Tuhan"?Kamis, 28 Februari 2008 | 02:41 WIB Picture: THOMDEAN /Kompas Images - Lumpur Lapind0Oleh Jonatan LassaWithout correct words, there will be no correct practice. (Dombrowsky)Rabi Greenberg menuturkan kisah lucunya tahun 1950-an di New York City yang dilanda musim kering dan pemerintah membuat awan buatan sebagai awal teknologi hujan buatan.Hal ini menyebabkan

EPISTIMOLOGI JARINGAN CSOs INDONESIA (Kasus Aceh)

2008-02-14T07:06:00.000-08:00

[Konteks CSOs di Aceh, Indonesia] [1] oleh Jonatan Lassa[2]“Adalah krusial bagi organisasi-organisasi masyarakat sipil untuk mampu melepaskan diri dari kartel-kartel[3] maupun jejaring sosial pro-status quo…………….. Kemampuan tersebut salah satunya harus bertumpu pada adanya visi yang

Making (accurate predictions of) waves (Physorg.com)

2008-02-02T10:48:00.000-08:00

28 January 2008 Tsunami propagation pattern from earthquake west of Sumatra island, Indonesia. Credit: USC Tsunami Research Center/Northwestern UniversityA new review of tsunami hazards concludes that the 2004 catastrophe was far from the worst possible in many Indian Ocean borderlands -- and notes that warning systems to guard at-risk populations are still lagging. Costas Synolakis, director of

Working Papers Bencana from NTT

2008-02-01T13:25:00.000-08:00

Working Paper Bencana- NTT Studies (©IITTS Publications)Working Paper 9 (February 2008) Lexand Ofong, Yoseph Boli, Yus Nakmofa "Menggagas Pembangunan NTT Dalam Perspektif "Disaster Risk Management" DownloadWorking Paper 8 (February 2008) John Campbell Nelson "Religion and Disasters: A Critical Reflection Post Alor Earthquake 2004." IITTS Publications! DownloadPerangkat untuk

Fossils of a 300-Million-Year-Old Forest Found (01.15.2008 )

2008-01-16T10:35:00.000-08:00

Fossils of a 300-Million-Year-Old Forest Found by Michael Abrams (Discover Magazine) “The woods are lovely, dark and deep,” Robert Frost wrote when moved by the sight of a contemporary forest. But a coal mine in Illinois has revealed woods that, if not lovelier, are certainly darker and deeper—and a good bit older. “You can walk in a single direction for a long distance, through this bizarre

Paradoks Wildavsky? - Rabu, 09 Januari 2008 (Opini Kompas)

2008-01-08T11:56:00.000-08:00

Paradoks Wildavsky?Jonatan Lassa"Any failure to mitigate hazards is shown up in their impacts." (Prof David Alexander) Jika perlu diringkaskan dalam dua kata tentang kemajuan pengelolaan bencana di Indonesia dalam tiga tahun kepemimpinan SBY-Kalla, penulis menyebutnya sebagai Paradoks Wildavsky, yang diartikan sebagai paradoks doing better, feeling worst. Di atas kertas, SBY-Kalla patut

Status Quo Of The Tsunami Early Warning System For The Indian Ocean

2008-01-04T20:09:00.000-08:00

The German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean (GITEWS) runs on track। Main milestones like the development of the automatic data processing software SeisComP3, as well as the underwater communication for the transmission of the pressure data from the ocean floor to a warning centre are already finalised. Furthermore the calculations of the ocean modelling including the

Studi Bencana (Disasters Study) NTT

2007-12-29T05:01:00.000-08:00

Studi Bencana (Disasters Study) NTTPromosi Buku Baru Charlotte Benson dan John Twigg dengan Tiziana Rossetto 2007: "Perangkat Pengarusutamaan Risiko Bencana: Catatan Panduan Bagi Lembaga-Lembaga Yang Bergerak Dalam Bidang Pembangunan". Terjemahan oleh Circle Indonesia, Hivos Netherlands & Provention Consortium." Best CBDRM Practice from NTT for UN-ISDR Publications!Best Practice Peringatan Dini

Teologi Ramah Lingkungan (Opini Kompas 23/11-2007)

2007-11-22T13:42:00.000-08:00

Teologi Ramah Lingkungan (Opini Kompas 23/11-2007) Oleh Yonky Karman Indonesia mendapat kehormatan menjadi tuan rumah Konferensi Ke-13 Para Pihak atau COP-13 dalam Konvensi Kerangka PBB tentang Perubahan Iklim. Sekaligus itu juga tantangan sejauh mana bangsa yang mengklaim diri religius mampu memberi kontribusi positif dari kekayaan tradisi keagamaannya. Klaim agama-agama monoteis, dunia milik

Manajemen Risiko Bencana dan Sekolah (Opini Kompas 07/11-2007)

2007-11-08T03:23:00.000-08:00

Lingkungan HidupManajemen Risiko Bencana dan Sekolah Jonatan Lassa "Children will be one day the mayors, the architects and the decision makers of the world of tomorrow. If we teach them what they can do from the early age they will build a safer world." Salvano Briceño Director, UN/ISDR Secretariat Hari Reduksi Risiko Bencana dunia jatuh tanggal 10 Oktober 2007. Tradisi merayakan hari

Theologi Bencana: Perspektif Islam

2007-10-10T05:29:00.000-07:00

Teologi Bencanapenulis: Affan Ramli* | Sumber: Opini Serambi Aceh, 10/10-2007Konsep disaster risk management meyakini bencana terjadi akibat pertemuan ancaman dengan kerentanan masyarakat setempat minus kapasitas yang tersedia. Bagaimana pula keyakinan teologis masyarakat Aceh tentang langkah, raseuki, peutemun mawoet bak Allah Taala yang meyakini bencana merupakan kehendak Tuhan untuk

Alam Tak Pernah Membangun Rumah (Opini Kompas 15/09-2007)

2007-09-15T11:58:00.001-07:00

Alam Tak Pernah Membangun Rumah Jonatan Lassa "Nature did not build the houses which collapsed" (Rousseau 1756). Alam tidak pernah membangun rumah yang runtuh menimpa penghuninya. Demikian Rousseau (1756) kepada Voltaire merespons gempa dan tsunami Lisabon, 1 November 1755, yang menewaskan sedikitnya 70.000 orang. Ilmu geologi, terutama seismologi, memberi informasi mutakhir bahwa

Bumi Tidak Tenang: Sebuah Studi Kasus tentang Gempa Bumi di Alor

2007-01-11T05:33:00.000-08:00

Sebuah Paper "Theologi Bencana" dari Perspektif KristenBumi Tidak Tenang: Sebuah Studi Kasus tentang Gempa Bumi di Alor[1]John Campbell-NelsonPada tanggal 12 Nopember 2004 kepulauan Alor digoncang oleh sebuah gempa bumi tektonik yang berukuran 7 pada skala Richter. Walaupun Alor-Pantar telah berulang kali mengalami gempa, nampaknya kali ini yang paling dahsyat. Ribuan rumah penduduk hancur

Kebijakan Bencana Indonesia: Performance SBY-Kalla 2004-2006

2006-11-28T00:11:00.000-08:00

Jonatan Lassa(Dibuat untuk Sekolah Demokrasi Indonesia - Policy Assessment Project)Executive SummaryIndonesia masih belum siap menghadapi kejadian-kejadian bencana skala besar dan menengah. Setidaknya, di level software dan hardware : infrastruktur kebijakan dan masalah kesiapan kelembagaan bencana, kapasitas dana, infrastruktur fisik, ketiadaan perencanaan kontingensi bencana di level propinsi

Ditemukan, Detektor Tsunami yang Hilang

2006-11-21T07:44:00.000-08:00

Ditemukan, Detektor Tsunami yang HilangWritten by Redaksi Sabtu, 25 Maret 2006Laporan Wartawan JPNNEditor: Buchori M. PADANG - Alat pendeteksi tsunami (tsunami buoy) yang sempat hilang Kamis lalu akhirnya ditemukan KRI Patimura yang ditugaskan khusus melacak benda tersebut. Tsunami buoy ditemukan pukul 15.20 WIB di perairan perbatasan Sumbar dan Riau. ”Lantaran di KRI Patimura tak

Komponen Alat Pemantau Banjir Lahar di Merapi Dicuri

2006-11-21T07:38:00.000-08:00

Komponen Alat Pemantau Banjir Lahar di Merapi Dicuri Catatan; This is the second times I heard that early warning equipments are stolen from its places. Sad. Indonesia sad. MAGELANG, KOMPAS - Sejumlah komponen dari tujuh alat pemantau pengendali banjir lahar dingin Gunung Merapi milik Balai Sabo, yang dipasang di sekitar wilayah Magelang, Jawa Tengah, baru-baru ini dicuri. Pencurian yang belum

Alat Analisis dan Pabrikasi Kelaparan

2006-07-01T06:47:00.000-07:00

Opini - Kompas 20-06-06Jonatan LassaSebanyak 60.000-an orang diberitakan terancam kelaparan di Kabupaten Sikka, NTT, (Kompas 10/6). Dilaporkan, krisis produksi terjadi tiga bulan lalu.Dikabarkan, komunitas di 10 desa makan putak, semacam famine food khas NTT. Kelaparan merupakan kejadian berulang dan merupakan bencana yang terjadi secara perlahan. Kalaupun terjadi kelaparan secara literalis di

"Wedhus Gembel" Dientak Gempa

2006-07-01T06:46:00.000-07:00

Opini Kompas 2 Juni 2006Jonatan LassaGempa menghancurkan Yogyakarta dan sekitarnya. Lebih dari 5.000 orang meninggal dunia, ribuan terluka, sebagian cacat. Ratusan ribu rumah hancur dan rusak. Isu wedhus gembel dientak gempaSains, praktisi, dan ahli bencana seolah gagal mengomunikasikan risiko lain selain fenomena gunung api bahwa di luar letusan magmatik, semburan lahar, lava, dan wendhus gembel

The Cost Incomplete Worst Case Scenario Jakarta Post 29 May 2006

2006-06-06T12:57:00.000-07:00

The Cost Incomplete Worst Case Scenario Jonatan Lassa* While many evacuees had just returned their home after being evacuated for almost a month anticipating the eruption of Merapi mount, all of a sudden, an unexpected devastating earthquake shaken both Jogjakarta and Central Java, Indonesia last Saturday (27/05). Out of the blue, the reality has turned to prove that the wish for the

New direction needed for disaster management

2006-01-20T06:42:00.000-08:00

New direction needed for disaster managementOpinion and Editorial - January 16, 2006 (The Jakarta Post)Jonatan Lassa, JakartaAt least 38 major flood and landslide incidents have occurred in the last five years throughout Indonesia, killing more than 2,000 people and affecting one million more, including the recent disasters in Jember and Banjarnegara, in Java.It a shocking fact, but one that has

Disaster and the Path of Sustainable Development of Aceh

2005-12-20T00:20:00.000-08:00

By: Jonatan LassaAvian Influenza finally enters Aceh. The lab test result notified by BPPV Regional I Medan is positive, based on samples taken from Lamdom and Seutui in Banda Aceh (Serambi 25/11-05). This confirms the news the day before that thousands of chickens died in Banda Aceh (Serambi 24/11-05). Rumors on death of a child related to Bird Flu are spread across Banda Aceh. Avian Influenza

Kelaparan Yahukimo Disengaja?

2005-12-13T07:07:00.000-08:00

Oleh: JONATHAN LASSA (diambil dari KOMPAS edisi 12/12/2005)Dalam terminologi Disaster Management, kelaparan termasuk kategori slow-on-set disaster, bencana yang terjadi perlahan-lahan. Tidak seperti tsunami atau gempa yang tiba-tiba terjadi dan memakan korban, kelaparan (famine) mengalami proses.Dilaporkan 55 meninggal dan 112 kritis akibat kelaparan di tujuh distrik di Yahukimo, Papua. Bupati

Ketahanan Pangan Indonesia

2005-12-01T06:55:00.000-08:00

Opini Kompas 29 Nov 2005 Jonathan LassaArgumentasi zero sum game kebijakan impor 300.000 metrik ton beras dipertontonkan kepada rakyat. Kita seolah dipaksa tunduk pada dilema simalakama, yaitu memilih impor pangan demi akses miskin perkotaan atas pangan murah, tetapi petani menderita; atau haruskah dilakukan pengadaan beras dalam negeri yang secara faktual lebih mahal, tetapi petani untung,

Gempa 26 Desember 2004 (Opini Kompas 28/12/2004)

2005-01-03T19:21:00.000-08:00

sumber: kompas, 28-12-2004 Oleh Jonatan Lassa KAMPANYE reduksi bencana dunia dari UN-ISDR (United Nations-International Strategy for Disaster Reduction)13 Oktober 2004, memberi pesan bagi kita “Belajar Dari Bencana Hari Ini Untuk Menghadapi Ancaman Esok (Learning from today’s disasters for tomorrow’s hazards)". Ketika saya menulis artikel ini, BBC News memberitakan puluhan ribu orang