In Sumatra, rising seas and sinking land spell hard times for fishers

Mongabay
Aug 16, 2022, 12:54 am178 pts
MEDAN, Indonesia — On a recent morning in Kampung Nelayan, a village on the northeastern coast of the island of Sumatra, fisherman Heri Gunawan returned home frustrated and dissatisfied. Heri uses traditional gear, a flashlight, a bucket and a plank to hunt for octopus crawling along the shoreline. But the…

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