Mud volcano still causing havoc in East Java

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Updated December 29, 2008 12:09:21

A mud volcano that started two years ago in East Java, Indonesia, is still pouring out mud at a rate of thousands of cubic metres a day. Further damages are expected, as analysts and advocacy groups are calling out for more to be done in financial and psychological interventions.

Presenter: Tito Ambyo
Pius Ginting, mining campaigner, Walhi (Friends of the Earth Indonesia), Jakarta; Dr Felix Lengkong, psychology lecturer, Atmajaya University, Jakarta; Dr. Rudi Rubiandini, geologist, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung; Dr. Mark Tingay, geologist, University of Adelaide

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