Travel The Green Strangling: Ecological Crisis and Economic Stagnation at Balikpapan’s Manggar Reservoir September 16, 2026 Jia Lissa BALIKPAPAN – A sprawling, emerald-green carpet has overtaken the surface of the Manggar Reservoir in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. What appears at first glance to be a vibrant natural landscape is,…