The Rape of Suharto Park
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Illegal logging and coal mining activities have destroyed large areas of Bukit Suharto Forest Park in East Kalimantan.
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FROM Kilometer 48 Intersection the Balikpapan-Samarinda Highway snakes through more than 20 kilometers of hillocks and underbrush. At the end of the road lies an open expanse of land where dozens of trucks and excavators are parked. From atop a nearby hill one can see what was left of trees cut down and land stripped bare by heavy machinery.
That’s a bleak portrait of Bukit Suharto Forest Park, a 67,000-hectare area which catches water for res
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