Loss of wetlands threatens South Sumatra’s rich fish-preserving tradition

Mongabay
Mar 15, 2023, 3:12 pm248 pts
PALEMBANG, Indonesia — Lithan, 68, grew up eating fish caught from the rivers and freshwater swamps near his village in Ogan Ilir district, near the southern tip of the island of Sumatra. Fish were so abundant, he recalls, that the villagers would smoke them, salt them, ferment them, even make fish crackers…

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