On Sumatra coast, mangrove clearing sparks scrutiny of loophole

EAST TANJUNG JABUNG, Indonesia — Ambo Angke trudged through the cemetery knowing he had been right to worry. A high tide surge had inundated the resting place here on the eastern coast of Sumatra after developers ripped out the trees protecting the shoreline. “The mangroves were completely cleared,” Ambo, 48, told Mongabay Indonesia in November … Continue reading On Sumatra coast, mangrove clearing sparks scrutiny of loophole