Tree of the Future

The University of Indonesia is relocating baobab trees, a nutritious giant plant that can live for thousands of years. Are they the answer to the challenge of future food crisis?

November 24, 2010

PROFESSOR Gumilar Rusliwa Somantri did not seem to care about the red dirt on his shiny, black leather shoes. Wearing a white shirt and blue pants, the dean of the University of Indonesia (UI) put his palms on the body of ki tambleg, which was lying in the backyard of his office. Some prayers were read. About 70 people who attended the event held their breath as two cranes lifted the 35 ton tree into an upright position and positioned it atop a g

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