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Borneo loggers swop chainsaws for cheap healthcare

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Published Sun, Sep 18, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    Sukadana, Indonesia

    THE forest around Manjau in Borneo once reverberated with the scream of chainsaws, as gangs of illegal loggers felled ancient hardwood trees for sale to timber merchants downstream.

    But many loggers in the remote Indonesian village are hanging up their chainsaws in return for affordable healthcare, through a community incentive scheme that aims to save lives and protect Borneo's fragile rainforests.

    Timber

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