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Indonesia’s new capital is changing the Borneo rainforest forever

Scientific American Short 3 months ago

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Indonesia is building a new capital city in the heart of Borneo to replace sinking Jakarta. As construction transforms one of the world’s most biodiverse rainforests, scientists and their Indigenous collaborators are racing to record the sounds of the forest—and preserve generations of ecological knowledge before it’s lost.

This story was supported by a grant from ‪@PulitzerCenter‬ (https://pulitzercenter.org/). It was published in partnership with ‪@MongabayTV‬ (https://news.mongabay.com/) and @ProjectMultatuli‬ (https://projectmultatuli.org/en/).

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