When Mountains Move

Denuded forest has been blamed for the Mojokerto flash flood. Was the forest looted by the community or by the state forestry company?

December 17, 2002

THE seething dark water is no longer there. Only mud-covered slabs of stone on the sand are left scattered. The tracks left by two rescue dogs can be seen as far away as 8 kilometers. Up to late last week, the hounds belonging to the East Java Police and the SAR joint team combed every inch of rock and mound of sand in the river basin in Pacet, an area for forest-related tourism and a hot springs spot in Mojokerto, East Java, in the hope that the

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