There are many rivers on earth. According to various sources, their number ranges from 2.5 to 4 billion. Throughout the ...

The film’s release on World Rainforest Day 2025 highlights Kayan River communities impacted in North Kalimantan.

Citarum is the longest and largest river in West Java with a length of about 270 km. It flows through thousands of settlements on the island, connecting the villages and residents of Indonesia's ...

Citarum River (Indonesia): The Citarum is a common example of a river that has been polluted with waste from textile industries, plastics and domestic wastes.

Indonesia's Citarum River is infamous for its extreme pollution, earning the title of the dirtiest river in the world. Flowing through a densely populated region and surrounded by numerous ...

MANILA, Philippines — From a distance, Gary Bencheghib seemed like any other 20-something paddling away in a kayak, as one might in tropical Bali, Indonesia. Right behind, his younger brother ...

The source of the Citarum River is found beneath the foothills of Mount Wayang in Indonesia’s West Java province. Around 11,000 families grow vegetables in these uplands for a few dollars a day, with ...

BANDUNG, Indonesia — In a valley downstream from the source of the Citarum River, retired army general Doni Monardo approaches a magnolia tree planted in 2018 by President Joko Widodo to mark ...

JAKARTA — The Citarum River that skirts the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, is infamous as the most polluted river on Earth. The rivers inside Jakarta aren’t in much better state, either, with a ...

Once Upon a River - Indonesia's polluted Citarum 12/27/2021 The Citarum river in West Java is considered the dirtiest river in the world. Textile factories discharge tons of untreated toxic waste ...