Reclamation destroying mangroves in Manado

Reclamation projects that had been started in Manado in the 1990s had not only had made hundreds of fishermen lose their jobs, but also destroyed mangroves along the city’s coastlines stretching 18 kilometers from north to south.

The projects had turned the mangroves into shopping malls and posh hotels — the icons of modernity.

source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/05/25/reclamation-destroying-mangroves-manado.html