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View all search resultsAs many as 33 rivers in China have risen to their highest levels in history during the current wave of floods, a senior water ministry official said on Monday, as regions across the country brace for another "grim" week of torrential rain.
A trap set by a rescue team was floating in the Palu River in Central Sulawesi on Wednesday, yet the 4-meter-long crocodile with a tire stuck around its neck was nowhere to be seen. Only a medium-sized crocodile was swimming freely around the trap.
Australian presenter Matthew Nicolas Wright together with his fellow crocodile observer Chris Wilson have officially joined the Central Sulawesi Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA Central Sulawesi) to assist in the rescue of a wild crocodile that has had a motorcycle tire stuck around its neck for years in the Palu River.
The workers, wearing orange uniforms and matching rubber boots, are tasked with collecting trash to keep Jakarta’s rivers and riverbanks clean — no small feat in a city where littering remains a massive issue.
Founded by brothers Sam and Gary Bencheghib, Make a Change World launched several environmental initiatives, including #PlasticBottleCitarum, when they spent two weeks cruising the world’s most polluted river on plastic-bottle canoes.
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