When floods hit the Kerinci Highlands for more than a month
Deforestation in the upstream area of Batang Merao is believed to be the cause of the floods that inundated the Kerinci highlands for more than a month.
Author: Febrianti
Febrianti is a journalist who lives in Padang, West Sumatra. Currently, Febrianti is a contributor for Tempo in West Sumatra and the Editor-in-Chief of an online environmental and travel site, Jurnalistravel.Com. Febrianti is also a member of the Society of Indonesian Environmental Journalists (SIEJ). Apart from writing about the environment, she also writes a lot about the indigenous people in the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatera.
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