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Why Indonesia plans to relocate its capital from Jakarta to a new forest city on the island of Borneo

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Building a New Capital in Borneo

The forests that are going to be cleared to build new centaura are industrial plantations of acacia and eucalyptus. The trees themselves are less bidiverse, and so are the ego systems they support. Still, building a city in an area of borneo that is relatively undeveloped will have ama sive environmental footprint. So far, researches haven't been given access to the data they need to understand the broader environmental impacts.

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