Guardians of the Earth
The earth is becoming increasingly older and more frail, but mankind is increasingly uncaring. Here are portraits of those who faithfully guard the earth in their own way.
June 8, 2004
A Ngata, a Tina
A SHABBY sarong swathed her skinny body. A housecoat of indeterminable colors covered the young woman who always has her hair in a ponytail. Rukmini, 33, had just returned from picking cocoa beans. Sweat poured down her forehead and her entire body, in contrast to the cold temperature that morning. Every morning, the resident of Ngata (Village) Toro, located in an enclave in Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, check
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