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In Indonesia’s Aru Islands, a popular environmental activist climbs the political ladder

More than 10 years have passed since a young official in Indonesia’s Aru Islands saved his archipelago from becoming a monoculture plantation. Today, Mika Ganobal governs part of the remote island chain he helped preserve a decade ago.

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More than 10 years have passed since a young official in Indonesia’s Aru Islands saved his archipelago from becoming a monoculture plantation. Today, Mika Ganobal governs part of the remote island chain he helped preserve a decade ago.