As agroforestry declines in Indonesia’s Flores, a traditional ecological lexicon fades with it

Mongabay
Nov 28, 2025, 10:44 am103 ptsTrending
In the cool highlands of Indonesia’s Flores Island, where mist settles over rice fields and coffee gardens, the Manggarai people have cultivated a close relationship with the forest. Their land is known as the rice granary of East Nusa Tenggara province, but it also produces cacao, vanilla and other crops…

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