MANGROVE FOREST DAMAGE IN KEPRI

The atmosphere of one of the sand mining locations around the mangrove forest area in Nongsa, Batam, Riau Islands, Monday (1/11/2021). From 68.351 hectares of mangrove forest in Riau Islands, 37.364 hectares suffer from land opening, illegal sand mining and logging for charcoal business. ANTARA PHOTO/Teguh Prihatna/wsj.