Jakarta, Feb. 11 -- The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) revealed that 108 river drainage basins (DAS) across Indonesia are in critical condition and may trigger recurring disasters if landscape rehabilitation and ecosystem restoration are not carried out.

"As long as the environmental carrying capacity of these watersheds has not been restored, disaster mitigation will continue to be emergency-based and repetitive," BNPB Head of Data, Information, and Communication Abdul Muhari said when confirmed here on Wednesday.

He assessed that permanent solutions can only be realized through environmental rehabilitation and the restoration of ecosystem capacity, rather than relying solely on temporary responses.

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