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Casuarina trees create hope for coastal villagers
A team of experts from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) under the coordination of Sutikno, a professor at the university's School of Geography, initiated the planting of casuarina along Bantul coastal areas about five years ago. The trees originally stop coastal erosion plaguing the area, with sandy beaches gradually advancing up to five km inland into formerly fertile areas.
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