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Indonesia

Analysis 1:
Indonesia’s Distinctive Media, Arts and Cultural Environments

Analysis 2: Indonesia’s Media Power, Rifts, and Freedom

Analysis 3: Indonesia’s Media Compared

Analysis 4:
Indonesia Communicating to the World

Crossing three time zones, Indonesia is composed of 17,508 islands, only 6,000 of which are inhabited.

With a population of about 258 million people, Indonesia ranks the fifth largest country in the world by population.

The Komodo dragon is only endemic to Indonesia. The only place to see this animal in the wild is in Indonesia.

Indonesia is the country with the second highest level of biodiversity in the world. Pictured above is the gargantuan Rafflesia flower - the world's largest flower.

Due to the joining of four tectonic plates in Indonesia, the country has about 78 active volcanoes - more than any other country in the world.

With colors derived from the banner of the Majapahit Empire of the 13th-15th centuries, the Indonesian flag is made up of two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white. The red symbolizes courage, and the white represents purity.

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Agriculture and industrial products • Agriculture - products: rubber and similar products, palm oil, poultry, beef, forest products, shrimp, cocoa, coffee, medicinal herbs, essential oil, fish and its similar products, and spices
• Industries: petroleum and natural gas, textiles, automotive, electrical appliances, apparel, footwear, mining, cement, medical instruments and appliances, handicrafts, chemical fertilizers, plywood, rubber, processed food, jewelry, and tourism Health issues/challenges
• HIV/AIDS - deaths: 35,300 (8th in the world)
• Major infectious diseases: (degree of risk: very high)
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria U.N. (Human development index ranking)
• 2015 HDI ranking: 110 (Considered medium human development) External debt
• $316 billion (2015)
• $293.4 billion (2014)

Average household income • Gross National Income per Capita: 9,788 Environmental issues
• Deforestation
• Water Pollution from industrial wastes, sewage
• Air pollution in urban areas
• Smoke and haze from forest fires Natural hazards
• Occasional floods
• Severe droughts • Tsunamis
• Earthquakes
• Volcanos – Indonesia contains the most volcanos of any country in the world (about 76 active)
• Forest fires