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Burning Bush Saving Peat Swamp Forests in Indonesia /

The intention behind the Indonesian Mega Rice Project was a good one: by demolishing millions of acres of peat swamp forest, land could be cleared to cultivate much-needed grain. But the project unleashed a cascade of interlocking social and ecological catastrophes - a situation considered to be one...

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Corporate Authors: Infobase, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), TVE International
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Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2012], c2009.
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