Indonesia tracks marine litter through satellite

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The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry is collaborating with CLS, a subsidiary of France’s space agency, in using satellites to track the movement of marine litter in the ocean. In a World Bank-backed project, the collaboration aims to better understand how to tackle the problem more efficiently in the future.

Reporter: Ramadani Saputra

Editor: Kharishar Kahfi

Text and video: Agence France-Presse

Thumbnail credit: AFP/Adek Berry

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