a journal of a man with words, camera and his heart

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An owl perched in the only tree, watching out his nest closely. Massive deforestation and at once create endangered species habitat loss. One of the effects of deforestation is the extinction of endemic species.

Tags: deforestation, endangered species, habitat loss, extinction, borneo, indonesia

A scene of deforestation in Borneo. Borneo is the third largest island in the world. Now this island is threatened by environmental degradation such as deforestation, mining, palm oil plantations and water contamination. In sixty second, the deforestation happened as six times size of a soccer field. It is also potentially over, as many more illegal logging has not been caught or reported yet

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A six days old baby with a bath using water from the polluted rivers. Deforestation, coal mining and disposal of industrial waste streams contaminated all. Yet the indigenous has no other alternative sources. In the middle of the water crisis, people are forced to use polluted river water to meet their needs.

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