Mapur Tribe Faces Water Crisis, Ancestral Forest Becomes Last Defense
The Mapur tribe in Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia, is facing a severe water shortage. With no rain for over two months, daily life water sources around the sacred Bukit Tabun forest are drying up. Their ancestral forest, once vast, is now surrounded by palm oil plantations and designated as state production forest.
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