environmental apocalypse

bloody disaster, is what it will be. there's been a huge "gold rush" for land by foreign and local investors in kalimantan, sumatra and sulawesi for the past 18 months. we all know where this will end ...

Interesting. It'll all end in tears.

John McCarthy, CanberraAs boom towns flicker to life across rural Indonesia, the relentless pursuit of oil palm wealth poses social and environmental problems for Indonesian policy makers.In India the rural poor ration every last drop of cooking oil.