Jakarta learns from Taiwan earthquake risk management: Indonesian expert

Taipei, March 5 (CNA) A visiting Indonesian seismologist Thursday praised Taiwan’s science-based disaster risk reduction efforts, adding that his country is learning from Taiwan’s experience in this field, to save lives and mitigate damage.

Taiwan and Indonesia are located in seismically active areas, Dimas Salomo Janwaryanto Sianibar, an assistant professor at the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics, said at a symposium in Taipei.

He said that since the 7.3-magnitude earthquake in 1999 — one of the deadliest earthquakes in Taiwan’s history that killed more than 2,400 people — Taiwan has continued to evolve from experience-based response to science-based planning, and now to information- and intelligence-based governance.

The professor listed several key factors that he believes have contributed to Taiwan’s success in reducing the risk of earthquake disasters, including coordinated efforts between the public and private sectors, science-based management, resilient infrastructure, early warning systems, community preparedness and public awareness.

Compared with Taiwan, Indonesia lacks an integrated and adaptive earthquake disaster preparedness framework, rooted in real-time data, advanced risk modeling and community engagement, he said.

He said that in 2023, Taiwan and Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding on earthquake science and disaster management, which helped promote expert exchanges and capacity building in disaster prevention.

Learning from Taiwan’s experiences, Indonesia has also begun developing its own earthquake early warning systems in 2024, he added.

He said adapting Taiwan’s integrated and adaptive earthquake preparedness framework is important for Indonesia because it provides a “tested example of how sustained political commitment, science-based planning, stringent infrastructure regulation and early warning integration” can significantly reduce the impacts of disasters.

The Indonesian professor made the remarks in his keynote speech during a half-day international forum organized by the Taiwan Foundation for International Cooperation, the country’s main organization for international development aid.

The forum is held quarterly by the Taiwan Foundation for International Cooperation, and invites local and international experts to explore the latest trends in global development aid, according to the organization.

(Written by Joseph Yeh)

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