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In the heart of the Borneo forest, a village that said no to the chainsaws

Published on 01 May 2005
SETULANG, Indonesia (AFP) - The Borneo village of Setulang was offered 300,000 dollars by loggers who wanted to hack down their trees. The villagers considered the offer, then in a rare stand against the illegal felling that has laid waste to Indonesia's jungles, they refused.
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