Monday, July 22, 2024

a new capital in the jungle

This August, Indonesia is due to inaugurate its new capital, Nusantara, located in a remote site surrounded by the rainforest of Borneo. I took this as an opportunity to look more closely at the conservation and climate challenges the country is facing. The resulting feature is out today:

From Jakarta to the jungle

Current Biology Volume 34, Issue 14, 22 July 2024, Pages R663-R665

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See also my Mastodon thread where I highlighted all CB features of 2024.

The thread for 2023 is here .

President Joko Widodo and others planting meranti tembaga (Shorea leprosula) trees in the new capital city of Indonesia, Nusantara. (Photo: BPMI President’s Secretariat/Muchlis Jr.)

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