Wetland destruction blamed for rise in croc attacks on Indonesia’s Bangka Island

Wetland destruction blamed for rise in croc attacks on Indonesia’s Bangka Island

The destruction of coastal wetlands for illegal tin mining and oil palm plantations is to blame for a surge in crocodile attacks on people on Indonesia’s Bangka Island, residents say. Mongabay Indonesia contributor Taufik Wijaya reported that in February this year, a 40-year-old fisherman was killed by a saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) in the Menduk […]

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