Floods and Landslides in Indonesia

Posted on December 29, 2007 
Filed Under Blogger Indonesia, Fatih Syuhud, Indonesia, Indonesian Blogger, News

Floods and Landslides in IndonesiaFloods everywhere,

… landslides and floods have killed at least 65 people in heavily populated Central and East Java after torrential rains lashed the region. … While activists blame such disasters on the disappearance of trees that stabilise soil and help absorb rain, local officials have insisted the unusually heavy downfalls have destabilised already vulnerable hilly areas.


President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) is right when he said that “We don’t need to blame the mistakes of the past. What we need now is better care for forests.” If only the illegal loggers cares to listen.


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