SEORANG bapak menengadahkan kedua tangannya di depan sebuah batu nisan tak bernama di Kompleks Pekuburan Poboya Palu, Sulawesi Tengah – tempat ribuan korban bencana gempa, tsunami, dan likuefaksi dikubur massal. Mulutnya komat kamit memanjatkan doa bagi sang buang hati yang menjadi salah satu korban.
KABUT masih berarak di langit. Pagi yang dingin masih menyelimuti Lembah Lore. Tetapi Suwardi Tudai, ketua penggembala di peternakan leluhur di desa Winowanga, Lore Timur, Kabupaten Poso, Sulawesi Tengah itu sudah beranjak dari rumahnya. Ia akan memastikan kerbau dan sapi-sapi siap dilepas ke padang savana yang luasnya seujung mata memandang.
INSTITUT Mosintuwu menggelar Festival Mosintuwu pada 31 Oktober hingga 2 November 2019 di Kota Tentena, Poso, Sulawesi Tengah. Festival yang berbasis komunitas dan menampilkan keanekaragaman alam, budaya dan tradisi itu berhasil menguatkan identitas Poso.
Desa Bangga, Kecamatan Dolo Selatan, Kabupaten Sigi, Provinsi Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia diterjang banjir bandang beruntun. Puncaknya pada 28 April 2019 yang mengubur ratusan rumah penduduk. Ratusan Kepala Keluarga terpaksa mengungsi ke tempat aman.
Pemerintah setempat menjanjikan relokasi buat para korban karena desanya tidak layak huni lagi. Kini, menjelang enam bulan setelah bencana itu, sebagian besar dari korban itu masih menempati tenda-tenda darurat dengan keadaan yang serba terbatas dan kekurangan. Tak ada lagi bantuan yang masuk seperti ketika awalnya bencana itu menerjang..
Sekitar 23 persen bakau di dunia tumbuh di Indonesia. Bakau ini melindungi pantai dari abrasi, banjir dan tsunami. Namun sejak 1980-an, menurut Organisasi Pangan dan Pertanian PBB (FAO), sekitar 40 persen hutan bakau tersebut telah rusak dan perusakan itu berkontribusi terhadap pemanasan global.
Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia (February 5, 2019) : A Chinese citizen prays for the Lunar New Year in Magabudhi Temple in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, February 5, 2019. Citizens of Chinese descent believe the Lunar New Year to 2570 is the year of the pig. The Lunar New Year worship tradition this time took place solemnly because it was still tinged with a post-disaster grief on September 28, 2018 which killed thousands of people. (Photo by Basri Marzuki/bmzIMAGES)
TEPAT pukul 18.54 Wita, KM Sabuk Nusantara 39 yang terhempas ke darat oleh gelombang tsunami 28 Spetember 2018 lalu di Pelabuhan Wani, Donggala, Sulawesi Tengah, akhirnya kembali ke laut.
Scavengers are struggling with cattle to get trash at the Kawatuna landfill, Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, January 29, 2019. Thousands of cattle belonging to local residents are intentionally released into the trash foraging to reduce the cost of feed that reaches 70 percent of the cost of raising cattle. The local government has issued an appeal to the livestock owners to hold their cows, because the action was not healthy. The cows eat rubbish, including organic waste from medical waste which is very dangerous for health and can contaminate humans if they eat meat. But the appeal was ignored by farmers. (Photo by Basri Marzuki/bmzIMAGES)
REFUGEES victims of the earthquake and tsunami received medical treatment due to food poisoning at Anutapura Hospital, Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Saturday (January 19, 2019). At least 50 people displaced by the earthquake and tsunami that inhabited refugee camps were rushed to hospitals due to poisoning after eating food distributed by donors. Photo by bmzIMAGES/Basri Marzuki
Palu, Central Sulawesi, INDONESIA (7th Jan 2019): Japanese artist, Daisuke Takeya performed “Yellow Memories” on Talise Beach, Palu Bay, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Monday (1/7/2019). The show was the result of collaboration with the Ruang 28 and Sudut Pandang Forum to care for the memories of the earthquake, tsunami and liquefaction disaster that hit Palu City on September 28, 2018 which killed more than 2,000 people. bmzIMAGES/Basri Marzuki
