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August 19, 2008 edition

RAJA Ampat regency, an island group in West Papua, is known as the tidal coral reef heart of the world. Around 75 percent of all known coral species in the world can be found there. Fishing families live according to their traditions and customs from one generation to the next. This traditional lifestyle has continued normally, until recently, when fish—which represent their principle source of livelihood—started to become difficult to find close to shore.
The impact of global warming? Perhaps. But what is clear is that life is gradually changing: motorboats have replaced the sailboats inherited from their grandfathers, and the recent fuel price hikes are putting pressure on their way of life. The following is a report from notes taken by Tempo journalist Untung Widyanto, who visited the area late last month.
Climate change and the high price of diesel fuel are now impacting on the lives of Raja Ampat fishermen. The tidal coral reefs are still preserved, but fish are becoming scarce. Local people hope that their children will not become fishermen too.

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CLOSE to 50 percent of prison inmates in Indonesia are serving sentences for their involvement in narcotics and hazardous drugs cases. In Jakarta and Tangerang the numbers probably reach as high as 75 percent. They are dealers, producers and, sadly, even users who may have been caught because they were in possession of one or two joints of marijuana.
The small number of prison wardens, the minimum monitoring equipment and the promise of high profits from the drugs trade, make it easy for this contraband to enter prison walls. In this edition, Tempo presents articles which rely considerably on reports from inside prisons.

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