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The Scapegoat Called Nature

Monday, January 25, 2021

The government is insisting that the flooding in South Kalimantan was caused by extreme natural events. This ignores the massive change of function of upstream forests.

The Scapegoat Called Nature. tempo : 171409263663.

IT seems that the government has a scapegoat that it always uses when disaster strikes this country, namely nature. In the past, Palace officials were convinced that the haze in Riau was an act of God. Now President Joko Widodo has said that the massive floods affecting 11 regencies and municipalities in South Kalimantan from January 10 to 17 were the result of extreme rainfall. But the government is closing its eyes to the loss of forests in the

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