Companies and individuals trading sharks and rays illegally use various methods and loopholes to avoid regulations and detection.
Asad Asnawi started his career as a journalist at the Jawa Pos Group in 2005 and in 2017, he left the media group to run a local online news outlet, WartaBromo.com. At present, he also contributes for Mongabay Indonesia and VICE Indonesia. Asad is also a recipient of story grant from various organisations including the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Indonesia, Tempo, and Internews’ Earth Journalism Network.

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Climate change is threatening to impede efforts to overcome dengue in Venice of Java
The Semarang City has been dubbed as quite successful in its efforts to tackle dengue. However, experts say climate change presents new threats and will potentially trigger a rise in cases.