As Indonesia’s new capital takes shape, risks to wider Borneo come into focus

SEPAKU/BALIKPAPAN/JAKARTA, Indonesia — In 1977, when Darna was about 8 years old, her family moved from Indonesia’s central island of Java to Borneo, its largest. They were among the tens of thousands of families who participated in then-president Suharto’s transmigration program, which aimed to ease crowding in Java by offering free tracts of land in … Continue reading As Indonesia’s new capital takes shape, risks to wider Borneo come into focus