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 Stories About: Sumatra
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What Sumatra With Logging?
Illegal Logging in Indonesia Played Role in Fatal Flooding |
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04 Nov 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| What Sumatra With Logging? Illegal Logging in Indonesia Played Role in Fatal Flooding Heavy illegal logging on the Indonesian island of Sumatra likely contributed to a devastating flash flood on Sunday that killed at least 85 people and possibly dozens more in the town of Bahorok. In a nearby national park, logging scofflaws had cleared nearly 100,000 acres over the past decade, said local government official Syamsul Arifin, which left the ... |
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| Topics: logging, Sumatra (all these topics) |
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What Sumatra You?
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06 Feb 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| What Sumatra You? The Tesso Nilo forest on Sumatra, Indonesia, contains more biological diversity than the Amazon. It is home to elephants, tigers, gibbons, and tapirs, and a recent survey conducted by scientists from the World Wildlife Fund found as many as 218 vascular plant species in just 0.05 acres. But the entire forest could disappear in less than eight yea ... |
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| Topics: G8, Indonesia, logging, Sumatra, Switzerland, wilderness, wildlife, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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