Forest Loggerheads

Here is the story: some 200 members of 12 tribes living on the island off Sumatra have said they are ready to die in Saibi Bay to protect each and every tree of the Siberut forest.

Before "war" broke out, however, the university removed the 22 heavy-duty logging machines it had brought to the bay area. This anti-climax followed the burning down of two university base camps by some 70 villagers a day earlier. These people rejected a

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