In the aftermath of devastating flash floods and landslides that recently hit West Sumatra, Indonesia, communities are left to grapple with destruction, displacement, and heartbreaking loss. Roads were turned into rivers, homes were washed away by torrents of water, and mudslides engulfed entire neighborhoods. While heavy rains were the immediate
In the aftermath of devastating flash floods and landslides that recently hit West Sumatra, Indonesia, communities are left to grapple with destruction, displacement, and heartbreaking loss. Roads were turned into rivers, homes were washed away by torrents of water, and mudslides engulfed entire neighborhoods. While heavy rains were the immediate cause, these disasters are symptomatic of a much deeper crisis: environmental degradation. Decades of unsustainable deforestation and land mismanagement have left the region increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters, and now,
