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Vacation on a plastic beach: trash washed up on Bali.

Transformative agenda

115 plastic cups in the belly of a whale

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by Burkhard Hinz

Discrimination

Indonesia’s history of othering

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by Edith Koesoemawiria
Natural forests have given way to palm oil plantations.

Deforestation

A legacy of destruction

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by Marianne Scholte
Orangutans are an endangered species – Borneo’s jungles are their habitat.

Preserving forests

Cutting the losses

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by Marianne Scholte

Environmental protection

Mangroves against climate change

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by Ika Ningtyas
Toddler with a picture book in Aceh.

Education

Boatloads of books

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by Edith Koesoemawiria
Pesticides should only be used sparingly, but application can make sense where the dengue risk is evident: government-sponsored fogging in Aceh Province in February.

Dengue

At least 900 dead in 2015

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by Edith Koesoemawiria
It does not always turn out well: couples at a mass wedding in Jakarta in 2015.

Muslim society

Act of bravery

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by Edith Koesoemawiria
Many Indonesians believe a woman cannot cope on her own.

Social life

Ida’s story

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by Edith Koesoemawiria
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