The woman who fights the waves of climate change – a tree at a time
Passitsa, a 55 -year -old housewife in the province of Java in Indonesia, wakes up every day with the sounds of the sea.
It sounds idyllic but it’s not.
Her home is the only thing left in this part of Reziosar Sens, a small village on the south coast of Java, which was once on land but has plunged into the ocean as climate change raises the level.
In recent years, Pasiza’s neighbors have left their houses, gardens and paddy fields, but she and her family do not intend to leave.
Pesieza’s house just distinguished next to a cluster
Sea water licks the house where Pasiza has been living for 35 years, wetting her legs every time she goes out.
A fenced with bamboo rows and an old electricity pole, her home has an elevated floor to stay over the water.
The closest land is two kilometers and the nearest city, Demak, 19 kilometers. The only way to get there is by boat.
Pesicha’s house is the only village that stands above the sea (Reuters)
Indonesia, an archipelago with thousands of islands, has an 81,000 -kilometer coastline, which makes it extremely vulnerable to climate change.
From 1992 to 2024 the Indian level around Indonesia rose by 4.25mm per average, but in recent years the pace has accelerated, Candarsa, the meteorology, climatic and geophysical service, told Reuters. Like Pasizza and other Indonesians, Cadarsa only uses one name.
Some small islands have already been lost in the waves, he said.
To get out of the house Pesieza uses a cut barrel for a boat (Reuters)
And he added that the problem is exacerbated by the sedimentation caused by the overpowered groundwater on the northern coast of Java. The problem is special in the capital Jakarta, with a population of 10 million people.
To face the threat, the Indonesian authorities are betting on giant programs, such as the construction of a 700 -kilometer sea wall that will protect the north coast between the provinces of Baden and East Java.
Pasizza and her family, however, turn to nature.
Magrovi trees are the only hope of Pesieza (Reuters)
In the last two decades, the woman has planted about 15,000 magnificent trees, which are rooting in the shallow and protecting the coasts from erosion.
Every day, Pasiza visits the fidnies with a cut plastic barrel that uses as a boat. The gray -blue waters reach its middle as it bends to plant new trees.
« Flood waters come in waves, not all together, » says Pasizza. « When the water began to climb, I realized that I had to cool magrovas that would spread and protect the house from the waves and the wind. »
Pasiza lives from the money her sons earn by selling fish. It’s a difficult life, but they don’t want to leave it.
« Ever since I decided to stay I am no longer worried about isolation. We will face it an obstacle at a time, « says the determined woman.
