IT’S been three months since the saws were last working. The noise of wood-cutting is no longer heard in CV Mandiri in Tahandut Sebrang, Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan. The sawmill area covering two football fields is now deserted. From around 100 workers only four remain.

The owner, Sugianto, fills his days by taking care of the remaining equipment, or tidying up several wood storehouses. Some of them have even been demolished. “If they r