To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest

Mongabay
Apr 10, 2023, 4:25 pm186 pts
BALIKPAPAN/JAKARTA — A clearing for the ramp to a new toll road in the Indonesian Bornean city of Balikpapan gapes open on the side of a paved highway as big trucks rumble past. Farther down this passage that’s been bulldozed through a forested area on the Balikpapan Bay coast, the sound of excavators grows…

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