The Heart of Borneo Declaration

[kuching]

This is a great news to everyone especially me :

News from WWF :"An historic declaration to conserve the “Heart of Borneo” was officially signed today between the three Bornean governments – Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Malaysia. The tri-country declaration will conserve and sustainably manage one of the most important centres of biological diversity in the world, covering approximately 220,000 square kilometres of equatorial rainforests – almost a third of the island."

More; here:

http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where...?uNewsID=93980

[Quixotic]

Great news! Especially when it ends the plans for the world's largest palm oil plantation. Deforestation is already on average 2m hectares per year, and the scheme covers an area of 1.8m hectares? That could be really devastating.

Since 1996, deforestation across Indonesia has increased to an average of 2 million hectares per year and, today, only half of Borneo’s original forest cover remains.

The declaration also formally ends the plans to create the world’s largest palm oil plantation in Kalimantan along Indonesia’s mountainous border with Malaysia. The scheme – supported by Chinese investments – was expected to cover an area of 1.8 million hectares and would have had long-lasting, damaging consequences to the Heart of Borneo.

[XnSdVd]

It seems China's short-sightedness and ignorance extends beyond it's own borders.