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Plastic chokes Indonesian islands as policies, enforcement slip through ghost nets

South China Morning Post

June 19, 2026

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Narrative Analysis: Name Calling

Plastic chokes Indonesian islands as policies, enforcement slip through ghost nets

Ghost nets and plastic pollution plague Indonesia’s Anambas Islands, harming marine life and exposing the gap between regional pledges and enforcement. This environmental crisis is further worsened by rapidly surging growth-driven consumption, campaigners say. Devina Mariskova, head of Yayasan Anambas, said the nets are often thrown from vessels off the coasts of surrounding countries, largely placing the burden of collecting them on the small island chain’s coastal communities and...

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