A Sumatran villager lost ground to the sea. So he planted mangroves

Mongabay
Aug 27, 2026, 4:12 am93 pts
In a coastal village on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, an oil palm and pineapple grower named Harisyah is fighting rapid coastal erosion. The region’s northern coastline, which sits on carbon-rich tropical peat soils, is losing ground to the sea at a rate of more than 6 meters (20 feet) annually.…

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