Rice Farmer in West Java

Mang Oding, a farmer in Kampung Cipasir, village Bojongloa, Rancaekek Subdistrict, West Java. His rice fields are contaminated by the wastewater discharged by the industry in the area.

Unique identifier: GP0STOVQM

Type: Image

Shoot date: 11/03/2015

Locations: Bandung, Citarum River, Indonesia, Rancaekek, West Java

Credit line: © NURCHOLIS LUBIS / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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River Pollution Documentation in West Java

Greenpeace documents the upstream session of the Citarum river.
The industrial wastewater discharged in the area is polluting the rivers and contaminates the hundreds of hectare of rice fields and water wells affecting the communities that depend on them.

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