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Flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia - Climate Change

A man fishing in a mangrove forest in the north-west of Jakarta. According to the Jakarta Post, "it is now only a matter of time before mangroves are totally erased from the map of Jakarta — a victim of unbridled urbanization and industrialization programs initiated by the government".

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Contained in galleries: Jakarta - The Sinking City [2013]

A man fishing in a mangrove forest in the north-west of Jakarta. According to the Jakarta Post, "it is now only a matter of time before mangroves are totally erased from the map of Jakarta — a victim of unbridled urbanization and industrialization programs initiated by the government".