Reforestation of Indonesia’s new capital city stumped by haphazard planting

BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan — Planners building Indonesia’s new capital city in eastern Borneo say they’re far from their target of reforesting the site that the country’s president has projected will be a “green forest city” that the government plans to inaugurate later this year. Among the main obstacles: a tree-planting program that caters more to … Continue reading Reforestation of Indonesia’s new capital city stumped by haphazard planting