EP 23: Deforestation in Borneo (Story Time)

The World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) describes forests as the “lifeblood of our economies and our health.” Forests cover nearly one-third of the global land area and are the source of 75 percent of the world’s freshwater. Nowhere has more native rainforest been wiped out than Borneo. Between 2000 and 2017, 6.04 million hectares of old-growth forest were lost in Borneo, a decline of 14%. It’s time for us to discuss this wonder of nature and how decades of wanton human greed led to it’s decline. Luckily, things have improved, but there is still much work to be done. Join us on this journey of exploration through the Borneo forest. 

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_6Q3S1G2IXwg9p_5cQdDA1blPV3ju9NzC90bP4V-9AA/edit?usp=sharing 

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