SUMEDANG, Indonesia Udit Surdiat only became a boat driver after he lost the rights to his farmland. The 63-year-old used to farm a hectare of land in Sumedang district, in Indonesia’s West Java province, until the family had to make way for the country’s second-largest dam. “My father was asked to sign in 1984,” […]
Floods and landslides have been increasing in several watersheds (DAS) over the last 10 years. These watersheds, which are categorized as posing very high risk of disaster, are home to 80.9 million people.