Borneo’s ‘biocultural holocaust’: an interview with author Alex Shoumatoff

Mongabay
Jun 19, 2017, 1:32 pm84 pts
Over the past half century, we've laid waste to the rainforests of Borneo. Fed by our insatiable demand for food, fuel, and fiber, vast tracts of cathedral-like landscape across the island have been torn down, burned, flooded, and dug up, replaced by industrial plantations, scorched scrublands, reservoirs, and…

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