Ring of Fire
Tuesday, September 17, 2002
Losses this year have not yet been calculated, but fires remain Kalimantan’s number one enemy.
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WHEN the Kalimantan forests were demolished, sources of water and tropical biodiversity were consumed by the rapacious timber and oil palm industries. In that situation, the reality of fires was always on the cards. Kalimantan is scarred by a long history of fire and smoke. Just as it is famous for wood, mining materials and diamonds, Borneo is also known as a ‘ring of fire’. These red tongues have been a constant presence since the b
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