Soenarno, Resettlement & Regional Infrastructure Minister: "The government never said the project had failed"
February 3, 2004
THE 1-million-hectare peat area project begun at the start of 1996 ended in 1999, not long after its creator, former President Suharto, fell from power. Yet the government has not given up in trying its luck in Central Kalimantan. An integrated team consisting of the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) and a number of other government agencies are in the process of redesigning this million-hectare area, by implementing conservatio
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