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The last time it was legal, exports of sea sand destroyed dozens of Indonesian islands—now, the ban is being lifted
Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of sea sand from her archipelago nation ...
Old photos misleadingly shared as quakes rattle Santorini
A series of earthquakes on Santorini has prompted thousands of people to leave the Greek tourist island since early February ...
The Jakarta Post9dOpinion
Sea sand extraction is destructive; there are alternatives
Indonesia needs to rethink the previous administration's decision to lift a decades-long ban on sea sand exports by ...
aspistrategist.org.au3d
Indonesia needs to improve its seabed warfare capability
Despite being the largest archipelagic nation in the world, Indonesia has weak seabed warfare capability. Improving it should ...
Experts and advocates warn of nickel mining's risk to precious marine region of Indonesia
A new report says the expansion of nickel mining in Indonesia is a threat to one of Earth’s most biodiverse marine regions ...
eVnExpress on MSN3d
Indonesia to build massive sea wall to combat rising sea levels
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has approved the construction of a massive 700-km sea wall stretching from Banten to ...
The Associated Press on MSN17d
Landslides and flash floods on Indonesia’s Java island leave 17 dead and 8 missing
Indonesian rescuers have recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of ...