Dam uproots farmers amid worsening drought in Indonesia’s Flores Island

Published on November 27, 2024

In 2015, Indonesia announced the construction of seven dams to provide water in East Nusa Tenggara province, an eastern region of the archipelago where access to freshwater is scarce during the annual dry season.

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