Dispatches

NTB’s Shrinking Springs

OVER the last three years, forest destruction in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) has reached 2,167 hectares. The figures have increased the area of forest damage in 2003, covering 159,343 hectares, with critical non-forest land involving a greater expanse of 368,619 hectares.

The forest destruction has caused the number of water springs to shrink from 702 spots to only 180 spots. Consequently, there is a water deficit of 1,1

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