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A hunger for coal threatens the Heart of Borneo

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Jakarta Post, 20 May: In the remote interior of Kalimantan a vast coal mining venture looks set to go ahead in an internationally agreed conservation zone. The project could see more than a billion tonnes of coal dug up from an area of global significance, where indigenous people have lived for generations from the forests … Continue reading →

“Asia’s last great rainforest”

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Jakarta Post, 20 May: In February 2007 the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei signed the Heart of Borneo Declaration — an agreement to protect 22 million hectares at the center of the island from environmental degradation. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), which initiated the declaration, the Heart of Borneo (HoB) area is … Continue reading →