Mangroves are Gone as Salt Expands
The customary community of Wewiku in Malaka, East Nusa Tenggara, rejects the development of industrial salt fields for being considered destructive to coastal areas. Mangrove and gebang area are now gone.
Dody Hidayat
March 5, 2019
Jefridus Tahu Bria was standing at the edge of his milkfish pond in Badarai village, Wewiku subdistrict, Malaka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. Around 350 meters from where he stood was a stretch of filled land designated for an industrial salt field owned by Inti Daya Kencana (IDK). There were no trees hampering the view of Jefridus as he gazed at the Timor Sea on the southern shore of the island. “A year ago actually there were still gebang&
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