PLAIN DESTRUCTION

SEVERAL trucks and heavy machinery, sealed by the Directorate-General of Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, are seen within a mangrove forest area that has been reclaimed for housing development in Sagulung, Batam, Riau Islands, Friday, October 20. The Regional River Basin Control and the Sei Jang Duriangkang Protected Forest Agency report that around 50 percent of the 18,524 hectares of mangrove forest on Batam Island have been damaged due to unauthorized land clearing activities. ANTARA/Teguh Prihatna