On Indonesia’s longest river, a Borneo community passes crucial public health milestone

Mongabay
Dec 29, 2025, 8:18 am369 ptsTop
SEKADAU, Indonesia — Children’s laughter skimmed over water the color of mud as mothers wrung laundry over banks where the Sekadau joins the Kapuas, the longest river in Indonesia. Local testimony along the Kapuas River, which flows 1,143 kilometers (710 miles) east to west from Borneo’s Müller Mountains…

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