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JAKARTA — Flooding disasters in Indonesia are increasingly traced not to natural causes, but to corporate destruction of peatlands, NGO Pantau Gambut warns in its newest report. The report reveals how ...
News Indonesia » South Sumatra » Politics: Indonesia Promises Action on Deforestation as Sumatra Flooding Toll Rises
Environmentalists say that the flash floods and landslides in Sumatra have been worsened by years of logging linked to mining operations. In this photo released by Indonesia’s disaster management ...
News Indonesia » South Sumatra » Politics: Bus-tanker crash kills 16 in South Sumatra
A road accident involving a passenger bus and a fuel tanker killed 16 people and injured four others in North Musi Rawas regency, South Sumatra, on Wednesday.
News Indonesia » South Sumatra » Politics: Where Floodwaters Turned Piles of Timber Into Floating Battering Rams
Many logs became forces of destruction in Indonesia last week, in a sign that deforestation compounded the devastation wrought by a cyclone. Many logs became forces of destruction in Indonesia last ...