Urgent Disaster Reduction Project for Mount Merapi II

Country, Site Indonesia, Central Java Province and Yogyakarta Special Province
Project Outline The objective of the Project is to urgently protect Mt. Merapi and the lower Progo River areas against volcanic sediment flows which occurred much massively and frequently after the 2010 eruption by providing both hard and soft urgent countermeasures including construction of diversion channel and sand pocket.
Category B
Reason of
Categorization
The project is not considered to be a large-scale erosion control project, is not located in a sensitive area, and has none of the sensitive characteristics under the JICA Guidelines for Environmental and Social Considerations (April, 2010), it is not likely to have significant adverse impact on the environment.
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