Development has brought higher incomes & living standards to Sumatra. But Cyclone Senyar showed that the clearing of natural forests has also left residents more vulnerable to floods and landslides, reports @philomimi https://t.co/54W0vUPJnH
Rafflesia hasseltii: A plant seen more by tigers than people 🇮🇩
Yesterday, Oxford Botanic Garden's @thorogoodchris1 was part of a team that trekked day and night through tiger-patrolled Sumatran (an island in Indonesia) rainforests to find Rafflesia hasseltii.
Podcasts are injecting unpredictability & informality into Singapore's tightly managed scene. Opposition pols struggling to be heard in mainstream media have seized the chance for exposure while the PAP seeks to bring out the human side of its leaders https://t.co/Z7UtpBq8JG
It's the fact that they were speeding in the first place when there's so many people around, and then the fact that they just DROVE OFF after RUNNING OVER a civilian?
These protests have revealed the extent of police violence in Indonesia, they're obviously irredeemable.