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While erosion is a natural phenomenon that occurs in coastal areas, the phenomenon has been getting worse in Demak as a result of, among other things, unsustainable land use as residents cut mangrove trees that serve as the beach’s natural protection against sea waves and land reclamation in the neighboring city of Semarang. (JP/ Donny Fernando)

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(JP/ Kharishar Kahfi)