Australia, and the fossil fuel industry, now buggering over pristine rainforests / habitats in someone elses backyard, etc etc etc: smh.au/environment/conservation/aussies-to-dig-at-the-heart-of-borneo-as-coal-projects-threaten-nature-20140412-36jpc.html Aussies to dig at the heart of Borneo as coal projects threaten nature Conservation April 13, 2014 Jenny Denton Australian companies are pushing ahead with plans to construct open-cut coalmines in a conservation area of Borneo described by the World Wildlife Fund as one of the planets richest treasure troves. Brisbane-based Cokal announced it has secured funding to pursue its Bumi Barito Mineral joint venture, from which it plans to mine 200 million tonnes of coking coal over a 10-year period. The BBM project, covering 15,000 hectares of forest, is one of five coalmines Cokal hopes to develop in the remote north of Indonesias Central Kalimantan province, where it has permits covering 62,000 hectares of land, part of which falls within the boundaries of the Heart of Borneo - a 220,000 square kilometre area said to be the largest remaining expanse of trans-boundary tropical forest in Southeast Asia. A far bigger player in the area is BHP Billiton, which, with its Indonesian joint venture partner Adaro Energy, holds seven Coal Contract of Work concessions over 350,000 hectares in Central and East Kalimantan, mostly inside the Heart of Borneo area.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 00:03:42 +0000
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