China chops down Indonesia forest for the 2008 olympics

according to a article in the New York
Times
Forests in Southeast Asia fall to Prosperity's Ax by Jan Perlez , April
29,2006

"In one of the latest deals, on April 19,
Indonesia announced that China had placed a $1 billion rush order for a
million cubic yards oa a prized reddish-brown hardwood, called merbau, to be
used in the construction of its sports facilities for the 2008 olympics..."

4.4 million acres will be rapped

Indonesia forests are sometimes called
the lungs of SEA.........


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