Conservation Transactions

From the driver's seat of his car, Lalu Muhammad Sainu, 45, continuously pointed toward the hills on both sides of the road in Prabu village on the island of Lombok. The views were truly spectacular, with white sands, azure seas and gently sloping hills facing the Indian Ocean. "An Australian owns this," he said. "That one belongs to an American."

In October, Sainu, the chief of Prabu, showed Tempo the sites around his village that have become prime real estate assets for possible foreign land speculators.

November 4, 2014

From the driver's seat of his car, Lalu Muhammad Sainu, 45, continuously pointed toward the hills on both sides of the road in Prabu village on the island of Lombok. The views were truly spectacular, with white sands, azure seas and gently sloping hills facing the Indian Ocean. "An Australian owns this," he said. "That one belongs to an American."

In October, Sainu, the chief of Prabu, showed Tempo the sites around his village that have become prime re

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