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Society 10 months ago
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Environmental degradation in spotlight in Sumatra floods
About 1.4 million hectares of forest cover have been cleared across Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra between 2016 and 2025 to make way for plantations and mining, according to the environmental group Walhi. The areas hardest-hit by floods and landslides last week were degraded watersheds.
Archipelago 10 months ago
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BGN redirects free meal kitchens to feed Sumatra flood victims
The three provinces have suffered severe devastation after a rare tropical storm formed in the Malacca Strait and unleashed a week of torrential rain and powerful winds, triggering widespread floods and landslides.
Archipelago 10 months ago
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Northern Sumatra leaders raise white flag amid deadly floods
With at least 712 dead and hundreds more missing from floods and landslides across northern Sumatra, regional leaders have admitted that they cannot handle the crisis alone, underscoring deep budgetary and logistical gaps in disaster response.
Society 10 months ago
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Academic colonialism concerns haunt rare rafflesia sighting
Anger at the University of Oxford regarding the lack of credit on social media for Indonesian researchers and collaborators in research about world’s largest flower rafflesia was caused by decades of unfair practices by Global North researchers to their Global South counterparts, experts have said.
Archipelago 10 months ago
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Pressure mounts on govt to declare national emergency in Sumatra
Pressure is mounting on the central government to declare a national state of emergency after floods and landslides devastate northern and western Sumatra, cutting key transportation networks and leaving local administrations struggling to provide relief.
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