Environmental degradation exacerbates Indonesia flooding, landslides

Mongabay
Jan 30, 2019, 9:26 am101 pts
MAKASSAR, Indonesia — Days of torrential rain in an eastern Indonesian province last week unleashed flash floods and landslides that killed dozens of people. In the wake of the emergency, local authorities and environmental activists identified land degradation as a result of farming and mining as a key…

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