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Grassroots Action to Combat Plastics in Asian Rivers: A Conversation with ECOTON Founders Daru Setyorini and Prigi Arisandi

Posted: 29 Jul 2021 06:19 AM PDT

In Sidoarjo City, Indonesia, student river detectives catalog the microplastics they sample from the Brantas River, the longest river in East Java. Plastic waste threatens this water that seventeen million people depend on for drinking water, fishing, and irrigation. Daru Setyorini and her team from ECOTON (Ecological Observation and Wetlands Conservation) organized this program to […] Related posts: Championing Ecological Health and Environmental Justice in Plastic Action: Q&A with...

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