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News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/05/west-sulawesi-erupts-in-protest-over-sand-mining-for-indonesias-new-capital/
Published on: Wednesday 21 May 2025
Hundreds of protesters, including Indigenous and coastal youth from Karossa, Pasangkayu and Kalukku, rallied on May 5 at the West Sulawesi governor’s office to demand the closure of PT Alam Sumber ...
News Indonesia » West Sulawesi » History: Crocodile attacks in Indonesia are on the rise. It's left residents on edge
News channel or source: https://www.news4jax.com/business/2025/03/17/crocodile-attacks-in-indonesia-are-on-the-rise-its-left-residents-on-edge/
Published on: Sunday 16 March 2025
BUDONG-BUDONG – Nearly seven months after a crocodile attack almost took her life, Munirpa walked to the estuary outside her home with her husband and her children, ready to brave a reenactment.
News Indonesia » West Sulawesi » History: Sulawesi hydropower dam could flood important archaeological sites
News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/sulawesi-hydropower-dam-could-flood-important-archaeological-sites/
Published on: Tuesday 13 December 2022
A Jakarta-based hydropower company aims to dam the Karama River in western Sulawesi as part of a clean energy project to help wean the country off of coal. An inundation map shows that the dam could ...