THE CURSE OF OIL

An aerial photo of Sultan Thaha Syaifuddin Forest Park that has changed functions and is now filled with oil storage ponds and illegal oil drilling activities, in Bajubang, Batanghari, Jambi, Monday, March 25. Locals said that the illegal oil drilling activities—carried out in the forest area of 15,830 hectares—have been done openly since 2016. According to Batanghari Environmental Office the illegal activities have destroyed more that 50 hectares of the forest area. ANTARA/Wahdi Septiawan