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The devolved government in West Sumatra province, which is home to 5.8 million people on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, intends to present new zoning plans to the central government that could regulate currently illegal mines operated by small groups of people.
Displaced by coastal erosion, people began moving to Bagapatia in the 2010s, but continue to decry the village’s inadequate and dangerous conditions.
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India’s pesticide reforms overlooks human health
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