"West Java coastline"

#5781842

15 June 2020

Mangroves grow in the yard of demaged house that have been abandoned by the owner at Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong sub-district, West Java province on June 13, 2020. Pantai Bahagia village is one of 5 fisheries villages in Muara Gembong sub-district, located on the northern coasline of Bekasi regency, West Java province, about 70 km from the capital city of Jakarta, which was most affected by tidal flooding and abrasion. The village, formerly known as the "Dollar Village" because of the prosperity of the income of its inhabitants as shrimp and fish pond farmers, has now slowly to be abandoned by its residence since 2005 after abrasion and tidal floods destroyed almost all of the ponds, as well as their homes. Some of them are left, trying to survive by switching their profession as fisherman with uncertain income. An illegal logging of mangrove forests which become a natural sea wave barrier for houses, shrimp and fish pond causes the Java sea waves to hit coastline directly which causes land eroded by abrasion. Conditions worsen when land levels continue to decline due to uncontrolled use of ground water and global climate change that makes sea levels rise, causing the village to be threatened in the next few decades if there are no serious countermeasures.

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#5781846

15 June 2020

An old woman sitting in front of her house surrounded by mud after tidal floods hit the areas at Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong sub-district, West Java province on June 13, 2020. Pantai Bahagia village is one of 5 fisheries villages in Muara Gembong sub-district, located on the northern coasline of Bekasi regency, West Java province, about 70 km from the capital city of Jakarta, which was most affected by tidal flooding and abrasion. The village, formerly known as the "Dollar Village" because of the prosperity of the income of its inhabitants as shrimp and fish pond farmers, has now slowly to be abandoned by its residence since 2005 after abrasion and tidal floods destroyed almost all of the ponds, as well as their homes. Some of them are left, trying to survive by switching their profession as fisherman with uncertain income. An illegal logging of mangrove forests which become a natural sea wave barrier for houses, shrimp and fish pond causes the Java sea waves to hit coastline directly which causes land eroded by abrasion. Conditions worsen when land levels continue to decline due to uncontrolled use of ground water and global climate change that makes sea levels rise, causing the village to be threatened in the next few decades if there are no serious countermeasures.

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#5781848

15 June 2020

Residents drying salted fishes on muddy land after tidal floods hit the area at Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong sub-district, West Java province on June 13, 2020. Pantai Bahagia village is one of 5 fisheries villages in Muara Gembong sub-district, located on the northern coasline of Bekasi regency, West Java province, about 70 km from the capital city of Jakarta, which was most affected by tidal flooding and abrasion. The village, formerly known as the "Dollar Village" because of the prosperity of the income of its inhabitants as shrimp and fish pond farmers, has now slowly to be abandoned by its residence since 2005 after abrasion and tidal floods destroyed almost all of the ponds, as well as their homes. Some of them are left, trying to survive by switching their profession as fisherman with uncertain income. An illegal logging of mangrove forests which become a natural sea wave barrier for houses, shrimp and fish pond causes the Java sea waves to hit coastline directly which causes land eroded by abrasion. Conditions worsen when land levels continue to decline due to uncontrolled use of ground water and global climate change that makes sea levels rise, causing the village to be threatened in the next few decades if there are no serious countermeasures.

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#5781850

15 June 2020

A crane perch on the dead mangrove branch at Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong sub-district, West Java province on June 13, 2020. Pantai Bahagia village is one of 5 fisheries villages in Muara Gembong sub-district, located on the northern coasline of Bekasi regency, West Java province, about 70 km from the capital city of Jakarta, which was most affected by tidal flooding and abrasion. The village, formerly known as the "Dollar Village" because of the prosperity of the income of its inhabitants as shrimp and fish pond farmers, has now slowly to be abandoned by its residence since 2005 after abrasion and tidal floods destroyed almost all of the ponds, as well as their homes. Some of them are left, trying to survive by switching their profession as fisherman with uncertain income. An illegal logging of mangrove forests which become a natural sea wave barrier for houses, shrimp and fish pond causes the Java sea waves to hit coastline directly which causes land eroded by abrasion. Conditions worsen when land levels continue to decline due to uncontrolled use of ground water and global climate change that makes sea levels rise, causing the village to be threatened in the next few decades if there are no serious countermeasures.

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#5781854

15 June 2020

Some of mangrove forest are seen demaged by illegal logging which will be used to open new shrimp and fish ponds at Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong sub-district, West Java province on June 13, 2020. Pantai Bahagia village is one of 5 fisheries villages in Muara Gembong sub-district, located on the northern coasline of Bekasi regency, West Java province, about 70 km from the capital city of Jakarta, which was most affected by tidal flooding and abrasion. The village, formerly known as the "Dollar Village" because of the prosperity of the income of its inhabitants as shrimp and fish pond farmers, has now slowly to be abandoned by its residence since 2005 after abrasion and tidal floods destroyed almost all of the ponds, as well as their homes. Some of them are left, trying to survive by switching their profession as fisherman with uncertain income. An illegal logging of mangrove forests which become a natural sea wave barrier for houses, shrimp and fish pond causes the Java sea waves to hit coastline directly which causes land eroded by abrasion. Conditions worsen when land levels continue to decline due to uncontrolled use of ground water and global climate change that makes sea levels rise, causing the village to be threatened in the next few decades if there are no serious countermeasures.

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#5781856

15 June 2020

Tidal sea water are seen rising far inland through dry and dead mangrove trees at Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong sub-district, West Java province on June 13, 2020. Pantai Bahagia village is one of 5 fisheries villages in Muara Gembong sub-district, located on the northern coasline of Bekasi regency, West Java province, about 70 km from the capital city of Jakarta, which was most affected by tidal flooding and abrasion. The village, formerly known as the "Dollar Village" because of the prosperity of the income of its inhabitants as shrimp and fish pond farmers, has now slowly to be abandoned by its residence since 2005 after abrasion and tidal floods destroyed almost all of the ponds, as well as their homes. Some of them are left, trying to survive by switching their profession as fisherman with uncertain income. An illegal logging of mangrove forests which become a natural sea wave barrier for houses, shrimp and fish pond causes the Java sea waves to hit coastline directly which causes land eroded by abrasion. Conditions worsen when land levels continue to decline due to uncontrolled use of ground water and global climate change that makes sea levels rise, causing the village to be threatened in the next few decades if there are no serious countermeasures.

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#5781858

15 June 2020

A man walks on the bamboo bridge made by residents to anticipate high tides that rise to the mainland at Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong sub-district, West Java province on June 13, 2020. Pantai Bahagia village is one of 5 fisheries villages in Muara Gembong sub-district, located on the northern coasline of Bekasi regency, West Java province, about 70 km from the capital city of Jakarta, which was most affected by tidal flooding and abrasion. The village, formerly known as the "Dollar Village" because of the prosperity of the income of its inhabitants as shrimp and fish pond farmers, has now slowly to be abandoned by its residence since 2005 after abrasion and tidal floods destroyed almost all of the ponds, as well as their homes. Some of them are left, trying to survive by switching their profession as fisherman with uncertain income. An illegal logging of mangrove forests which become a natural sea wave barrier for houses, shrimp and fish pond causes the Java sea waves to hit coastline directly which causes land eroded by abrasion. Conditions worsen when land levels continue to decline due to uncontrolled use of ground water and global climate change that makes sea levels rise, causing the village to be threatened in the next few decades if there are no serious countermeasures.

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#5781862

15 June 2020

A woman walks on the bamboo bridge passing the abandoned demage house caused by tidal floods at Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong sub-district, West Java province on June 13, 2020. Pantai Bahagia village is one of 5 fisheries villages in Muara Gembong sub-district, located on the northern coasline of Bekasi regency, West Java province, about 70 km from the capital city of Jakarta, which was most affected by tidal flooding and abrasion. The village, formerly known as the "Dollar Village" because of the prosperity of the income of its inhabitants as shrimp and fish pond farmers, has now slowly to be abandoned by its residence since 2005 after abrasion and tidal floods destroyed almost all of the ponds, as well as their homes. Some of them are left, trying to survive by switching their profession as fisherman with uncertain income. An illegal logging of mangrove forests which become a natural sea wave barrier for houses, shrimp and fish pond causes the Java sea waves to hit coastline directly which causes land eroded by abrasion. Conditions worsen when land levels continue to decline due to uncontrolled use of ground water and global climate change that makes sea levels rise, causing the village to be threatened in the next few decades if there are no serious countermeasures.

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#5781866

15 June 2020

Mangroves are seen growing on a small island separated from the mainland due to abrasion at Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong sub-district, West Java province on June 13, 2020. Pantai Bahagia village is one of 5 fisheries villages in Muara Gembong sub-district, located on the northern coasline of Bekasi regency, West Java province, about 70 km from the capital city of Jakarta, which was most affected by tidal flooding and abrasion. The village, formerly known as the "Dollar Village" because of the prosperity of the income of its inhabitants as shrimp and fish pond farmers, has now slowly to be abandoned by its residence since 2005 after abrasion and tidal floods destroyed almost all of the ponds, as well as their homes. Some of them are left, trying to survive by switching their profession as fisherman with uncertain income. An illegal logging of mangrove forests which become a natural sea wave barrier for houses, shrimp and fish pond causes the Java sea waves to hit coastline directly which causes land eroded by abrasion. Conditions worsen when land levels continue to decline due to uncontrolled use of ground water and global climate change that makes sea levels rise, causing the village to be threatened in the next few decades if there are no serious countermeasures.

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#5781870

15 June 2020

Mangroves are seen growing on a small island separated from the mainland due to abrasion at Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong sub-district, West Java province on June 13, 2020. Pantai Bahagia village is one of 5 fisheries villages in Muara Gembong sub-district, located on the northern coasline of Bekasi regency, West Java province, about 70 km from the capital city of Jakarta, which was most affected by tidal flooding and abrasion. The village, formerly known as the "Dollar Village" because of the prosperity of the income of its inhabitants as shrimp and fish pond farmers, has now slowly to be abandoned by its residence since 2005 after abrasion and tidal floods destroyed almost all of the ponds, as well as their homes. Some of them are left, trying to survive by switching their profession as fisherman with uncertain income. An illegal logging of mangrove forests which become a natural sea wave barrier for houses, shrimp and fish pond causes the Java sea waves to hit coastline directly which causes land eroded by abrasion. Conditions worsen when land levels continue to decline due to uncontrolled use of ground water and global climate change that makes sea levels rise, causing the village to be threatened in the next few decades if there are no serious countermeasures.

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#5781874

15 June 2020

Kids playing in the mangrove forest at Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong sub-district, West Java province on June 13, 2020. Pantai Bahagia village is one of 5 fisheries villages in Muara Gembong sub-district, located on the northern coasline of Bekasi regency, West Java province, about 70 km from the capital city of Jakarta, which was most affected by tidal flooding and abrasion. The village, formerly known as the "Dollar Village" because of the prosperity of the income of its inhabitants as shrimp and fish pond farmers, has now slowly to be abandoned by its residence since 2005 after abrasion and tidal floods destroyed almost all of the ponds, as well as their homes. Some of them are left, trying to survive by switching their profession as fisherman with uncertain income. An illegal logging of mangrove forests which become a natural sea wave barrier for houses, shrimp and fish pond causes the Java sea waves to hit coastline directly which causes land eroded by abrasion. Conditions worsen when land levels continue to decline due to uncontrolled use of ground water and global climate change that makes sea levels rise, causing the village to be threatened in the next few decades if there are no serious countermeasures.

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#5781876

15 June 2020

An environmental volunteer, Mr. Abi (L) show local tourist a small island formed after being from the mainland due to abrasion at Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong sub-district, West Java province on June 13, 2020. Pantai Bahagia village is one of 5 fisheries villages in Muara Gembong sub-district, located on the northern coasline of Bekasi regency, West Java province, about 70 km from the capital city of Jakarta, which was most affected by tidal flooding and abrasion. The village, formerly known as the "Dollar Village" because of the prosperity of the income of its inhabitants as shrimp and fish pond farmers, has now slowly to be abandoned by its residence since 2005 after abrasion and tidal floods destroyed almost all of the ponds, as well as their homes. Some of them are left, trying to survive by switching their profession as fisherman with uncertain income. An illegal logging of mangrove forests which become a natural sea wave barrier for houses, shrimp and fish pond causes the Java sea waves to hit coastline directly which causes land eroded by abrasion. Conditions worsen when land levels continue to decline due to uncontrolled use of ground water and global climate change that makes sea levels rise, causing the village to be threatened in the next few decades if there are no serious countermeasures.

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#5781878

15 June 2020

Local tourists visit the Pantai Bahagia (Happy Beach) which is slowly sinking due to abrasion at Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong sub-district, West Java province on June 13, 2020. Pantai Bahagia village is one of 5 fisheries villages in Muara Gembong sub-district, located on the northern coasline of Bekasi regency, West Java province, about 70 km from the capital city of Jakarta, which was most affected by tidal flooding and abrasion. The village, formerly known as the "Dollar Village" because of the prosperity of the income of its inhabitants as shrimp and fish pond farmers, has now slowly to be abandoned by its residence since 2005 after abrasion and tidal floods destroyed almost all of the ponds, as well as their homes. Some of them are left, trying to survive by switching their profession as fisherman with uncertain income. An illegal logging of mangrove forests which become a natural sea wave barrier for houses, shrimp and fish pond causes the Java sea waves to hit coastline directly which causes land eroded by abrasion. Conditions worsen when land levels continue to decline due to uncontrolled use of ground water and global climate change that makes sea levels rise, causing the village to be threatened in the next few decades if there are no serious countermeasures.

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#5781880

15 June 2020

Residents try to bulid bridge from bamboo to anticipate high tides at Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong sub-district, West Java province on June 13, 2020. Pantai Bahagia village is one of 5 fisheries villages in Muara Gembong sub-district, located on the northern coasline of Bekasi regency, West Java province, about 70 km from the capital city of Jakarta, which was most affected by tidal flooding and abrasion. The village, formerly known as the "Dollar Village" because of the prosperity of the income of its inhabitants as shrimp and fish pond farmers, has now slowly to be abandoned by its residence since 2005 after abrasion and tidal floods destroyed almost all of the ponds, as well as their homes. Some of them are left, trying to survive by switching their profession as fisherman with uncertain income. An illegal logging of mangrove forests which become a natural sea wave barrier for houses, shrimp and fish pond causes the Java sea waves to hit coastline directly which causes land eroded by abrasion. Conditions worsen when land levels continue to decline due to uncontrolled use of ground water and global climate change that makes sea levels rise, causing the village to be threatened in the next few decades if there are no serious countermeasures.

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#5781882

15 June 2020

An old man sleeps on the terrace of his bamboo house which separatly demage after hit by tidal floods at Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong sub-district, West Java province on June 13, 2020. Pantai Bahagia village is one of 5 fisheries villages in Muara Gembong sub-district, located on the northern coasline of Bekasi regency, West Java province, about 70 km from the capital city of Jakarta, which was most affected by tidal flooding and abrasion. The village, formerly known as the "Dollar Village" because of the prosperity of the income of its inhabitants as shrimp and fish pond farmers, has now slowly to be abandoned by its residence since 2005 after abrasion and tidal floods destroyed almost all of the ponds, as well as their homes. Some of them are left, trying to survive by switching their profession as fisherman with uncertain income. An illegal logging of mangrove forests which become a natural sea wave barrier for houses, shrimp and fish pond causes the Java sea waves to hit coastline directly which causes land eroded by abrasion. Conditions worsen when land levels continue to decline due to uncontrolled use of ground water and global climate change that makes sea levels rise, causing the village to be threatened in the next few decades if there are no serious countermeasures.

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#5781884

15 June 2020

Mr. Warsad (75) with his wife Mrs. Salma (60) pose for photograph in front of their house which demaged by tidal floods at Pantai Bahagia village, Muara Gembong sub-district, West Java province on June 13, 2020. Pantai Bahagia village is one of 5 fisheries villages in Muara Gembong sub-district, located on the northern coasline of Bekasi regency, West Java province, about 70 km from the capital city of Jakarta, which was most affected by tidal flooding and abrasion. The village, formerly known as the "Dollar Village" because of the prosperity of the income of its inhabitants as shrimp and fish pond farmers, has now slowly to be abandoned by its residence since 2005 after abrasion and tidal floods destroyed almost all of the ponds, as well as their homes. Some of them are left, trying to survive by switching their profession as fisherman with uncertain income. An illegal logging of mangrove forests which become a natural sea wave barrier for houses, shrimp and fish pond causes the Java sea waves to hit coastline directly which causes land eroded by abrasion. Conditions worsen when land levels continue to decline due to uncontrolled use of ground water and global climate change that makes sea levels rise, causing the village to be threatened in the next few decades if there are no serious countermeasures.

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