Now, the key factor influencing conservation
in Borneo is the Extreme poverty of most
Indonesians. Setting Naside large areas as
feserves
the most common way to
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Conserve biodiversity-hasn't worked'at least
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er (s)
in the Indonesian part of Borneo. This is
In the past 20 years plantation
of oil palm trees have spread
because of lack of money or support from local
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people. Many people owe their income to the timber industry and
Ters them a
10 we have to consider this reality as well.
To support my point, here are comments made by two
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conservationists working in Borneo.
The first admits his own personal dependence on the timber
money. “Like many people in Borneo I grew up on money from
