The Vanishing Forests
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
The 1.8-million-hectare oil palm mega-project development is threatening to ruin three forest national parks in Kalimantan.
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THE forests stand like a fortress on the border between Kalimantan and the East Malaysian state of Sarawak. The trees, holding close to each other and reaching for the sky, and the clumps of bamboo and thick underbrush below, seem impenetrable. This is Kayan Mentarang National Park, the last natural fortress left in the area.
From the nearest border village in the East Kalimantan district of Tarakan one has to sail down the river for over 10 h
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