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Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, in blue shirt, inspects coastal erosion at Kuwaru beach in Bantul on Thursday. Over the past year, erosion in the area has been escalating, removing up to two meters of beach per week, threatening houses built near the coast. (JP/Slamet Susanto)

Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, in blue shirt, inspects coastal erosion at Kuwaru beach in Bantul on Thursday. Over the past year, erosion in the area has been escalating, removing up to two meters of beach per week, threatening houses built near the coast. (JP/Slamet Susanto)