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Politics 3 years ago
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Demands for policymakers to revise Village Law grow
Thousands of members of the Indonesian Village Apparatus Association (PPDI) from across Indonesia staged a protest demanding that policymakers revise the 2014 Village Law before the 2024 presidential and legislative elections, in Jakarta on Wednesday, a week after a similar protest by village heads.
Environment 3 years ago
Sinking villages look to nature to help Indonesia restore mangroves
Like other flood-prone villages in the northern Demak regency, Timbulsloko's problems are threefold - with over-extraction of groundwater causing sinking, aquaculture contributing to some of the worst coastal erosion across the archipelago, and sea levels rising due to climate change.
People 3 years ago
Ancient Spanish village loses school, fears for its future as population dwindles
The tiny village of Pitarque at the foot of a mountain in Aragon in eastern Spain has survived for more than 1,300 years, but if depopulation continues at the current rate, it will be deserted by 2046, its residents warn.
Archipelago 3 years ago
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Village data revamped for accuracy, progress
The Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Ministry has discovered a substantial discrepancy between the data it has collected from villages and the data gathered by Statistics Indonesia (BPS), which could possibly affect policy making and rural development.
