In Indonesia’s Aru Islands, a popular eco-defender climbs the political ladder

Mongabay
Jun 22, 2023, 8:54 pm125 pts
ARU ISLANDS, Indonesia — More than 10 years have passed since a young official in Indonesia’s eastern Aru Islands saved his archipelago from becoming a monoculture plantation. Today, Mika Ganobal is drawing on his campaigning background as he governs part of the remote island chain he helped preserve a…

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