Indonesia's Environment: Under Siege
Tuesday, May 28, 2002
Since the beginning of warfare, invading armies have sown the seeds of environmental destruction by poisoning drinking water, uprooting forests, and damaging cropland. But few militaries have been as effective at destroying the natural environment as the forces at work in Indonesia today, where forests are disappearing at a rate of 2 million hectares per year, 85 percent of the country's coral reefs are threatened by human activities, and life
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