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In Borneo village, Indigenous Dayaks leave farming amid stricter fire rules
The last time Remie recalled a good harvest season here in Central Kalimantan province was in 2018, when 20-liter bags of ...
Paying fishers to release sharks accidentally caught in their nets can incentivise conservation action – but there’s a catch
How one project in Indonesia introduced a pay-to-release scheme that encourages fishers to save shark and ray bycatch.
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Indian trawlers leave Sri Lankan small-scale fishers a ravaged, bereft sea
The Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar have long served as rich fishing grounds, providing bountiful harvests to Sri Lanka’s ...
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Fisherman, 54, 'ripped apart by crocodile' in Indonesian river
A villager was reportedly ripped apart by a crocodile while fishing in a river in Indonesia. Damianus Barus, 54, had set off to catch shrimp in the Lonu River in East Kalimantan, on April 8. He was ...
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Indonesia's crocodiles are back and fishermen have scars to prove it
Jamal remembers the day like it was yesterday. Four years ago, while fishing off the coast of Palu in Indonesia's Central ...