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Govt and indigenous community demand Placer Dome out of Borneo forests
Jakarta- The government of South Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia, and Dayak Indignenous Commmunity leaders have strongly denounced Placer Dome, a Vancouver and Sydney-based mining company, for its plans to commence mining operations in one of the last protected tropical forests in Indonesia. Despite fierce local government and community backlash, the mining giant intends to exploit mineral deposits situated in a mountain area that has enjoyed protected forest status since 1928.
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