Deforestation
Doomsday for Indonesia's Forests
Tuesday, April 30, 2002
The forests of Sulawesi are disappearing quickly. The extinction of forests in Sumatra and Kalimantan will follow.
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APPROACHING Manado Bay, the boat slowly glides over the water. The captain, Irwin Pontoh, peers over the edge. He intensely examines the hull of the boat, which is practically scraping the seabed. Fortunately, his experience of five years as a ferry `captain' means this boat and its passengers are safe. He can dodge sandbars and rock pinnacles that stretch as far out as 100 meters into the sea. Nevertheless, such journeys through the sea in a
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