Shipping companies face criminal charges after coal barges damage reef in Indonesian marine park

Mongabay
Jul 12, 2017, 10:49 am122 pts
Indonesian authorities have indicted five local shipping companies on charges of gross negligence after their coal barges damaged coral reefs in a Javan marine park, a local official told Mongabay. About 1,400 square meters (15,000 square feet) of reef in Central Java’s Karimunjava National Park were wrecked…

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