Plastic waste, deforestation and floods – Indonesia’s environmental disasters | DW Documentary
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Indonesia is grappling with grave ecological problems. While pollution caused by plastic waste threatens ecosystems, Jakarta is sinking into the sea. The city is quite literally going under. Climate activists and authorities are doing what they can to halt the process.
In addition to Indonesia’s own plastic waste, thousands of tons are brought to the country illegally every year despite a ban imposed in 2019. Disposed of improperly, much of it ends up in the sea and rivers. On the island of Bali, siblings Gary und Kelly have founded an organization to clear the masses of waste from waterways. To do this, they and their teams have built around 200 floating barriers. Through their efforts, more than 1,700 tons of garbage have been properly disposed of or recycled since 2020.
In Java, Daru Setyorini campaigns against environmental pollution. The Indonesian woman is head of the organization “Ecoton”. Daru’s lab tests repeatedly detect microplastic particles in food. This is because many factories use plastic waste as fuel – including in food production.
Meanwhile, residents of the soon-to-be former capital Jakarta are facing another environmental problem: due to global warming and the excessive extraction of groundwater, the country’s largest city is sinking several centimeters every year – around 40% of the urban area is now below sea level. Environmental experts warn that a third of Jakarta could be permanently flooded by 2050 if subsidence continues at the current rate. While former President Joko Widodo approved the plan to build the new capital Nusantara on the island of Borneo in August 2019, authorities and specialists are building a dike in a bid to protect Jakarta from the rising waters.
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Chinese greed for money
Really? DW couldn't find the island of Halmahera on the map ? (41:35)
Hell is here on earth and we are the devil.
Even the scarf and majority of clothes are made of plastic fiber😢
13:58 French HAM packaging in indonesi😂 French and eu . Canada .send them those plastics… Indonesia burns them so maybe they can send them back to europe by air😂😂
IN japan and korea they incinerate their plastics… in Indonesia and other countries they burn these plastics
Destroying nature means destroying one's own life. Law of Cause and Effect
Sad , people wake up , clean your home up , land , beware of plastic , woman sew bags to shop with example your head wraps that you feel you need a new one to buy recycling them too make bags . 😊
Human beings are greedy and have nothing to cherish. There is only one blue earth. The government is corrupt and big companies are plundering natural resources. The earth is finally dying! Human extinction!
The language for saying things like Indonesia is the largest producer of …. or Australia is one of the largest producers of… etc has to stop. its not the countries, its large industries that come into countries, worldwide, and rob them of their resources, giving little back to the countries and often corrupting government officals. Then they have those resources made into things and sell them back to us all and we pay twice over! no country produces anything these days as more and more our world is being controlled by outside interests for profits.
Earth is a living organism, we humans are killing it and all life that shares it with us 😢
imagine eating food made on a fire of burning plastic!! omfg
each country needs to be accountable for their own garbage instead of selling it to countries too poor to buy proper fuel. im just astounded.
Insane that is Fudged….
Useless leaders all over the world.
Please expose the issue of ISDS, these agreements reak havoc especially in the global south but heard even Denmark had to cancel climate policies under threat of litigation (well so called arbitration = unfair judgement). Many thanks for all your work. PS I'd also like you to focus more on the urgent need for a shift towards rewilding and plant based diets. For our planet, to prevent further deforestation, monocultures, pollution, water use, to save ecosystems, wild life, the farmed animals…it is a very inefficient way to produce food. A more plant based, whole food, higher fiber intake is beneficial for our microbiome and human health and if more people would just increase the % of whole plants in their daily diet we could rewild huge swats of land and create carbon sinks in wetlands, forrests, oceans and fill depleted aquifers and rapidly slow down climate change, feed the world, slow extinction rates and bring back natural habitats, pollinators, like birds, bats and wild bee species. We also need to work against urban sprawl, build with nature, not against it. A good/sad example are the recent cycles of "human" made fires, flash floods/mudslides/landslides etc in California recently. Letting trees bring in and retain water, prevent erosion, hold soil in place, letting rivers move naturally, bring back beavers or create rock dams in drought/flood prone areas, basically realising we are all a part of nature and not above or in control of it.
Indonesia 😢😢
Rubbish can I think drop these trashes..
Great documentary! Can’t believe that tofu. And what a great lady! Well done
Some viewers have pointed out a mistake at 41:35. Sulawesi has been incorrectly labelled as Halmahera. We apologize for the mistake and any issues it may have caused. Thank you for your attention and support.
For years!!! Bali is a destination saved all over my Pinterest .. seeing this is very helpful in spreading awareness im so saddened this is a beautiful place ..
I don't have a words for this…..waaaau…🙏
Yep another power station on the verge of collapse because using sea water always causes more problems than it helps because of the high concentration of salt coross metal
Blame the Greed of people.
Bless you both! as indonesian im so sorry :// the lack of the goverment help.
Getting harder and harder trying to find info on plastic and climate pollution..
Stop shipping plastic to these islands its obvious the problem is the people as well as the corporations
Orangutan Massacre for palm plantation breaks my heart 🦧❤
People fighting against deforestation for years, nothing has changed, nothing. In my eyes, it keeps getting worse, old forests are being cut down. It's so sad. No respect for nature and what the earth gives us.
I'm getting a lot of stimulation and learning from this video. I really support you!
14:00 plastic as fuel, like in never should it be the case. Tofu is basically like white bread, totally unnecessary. You have everything you need in the soybean why fuk with it?
Same problem in India tomuch plastic everwhere. We are killing environment.
The problem with plastic bags and containers is more serious in Vietnam also. Sometimes I feel bad when I see a lot of people in the streets drinking with plastic cubs and straws. So worry!