Indonesia plans to move capital city
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Indonesia intends to move its capital from the climate-threatened megacity of Jakarta to the sparsely populated island of Borneo, home to some of the world’s greatest tropical rainforests
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President Joko Widodo plans to build smart, green city, but environmentalists fear $33bn relocation plan may put further pressure on rainforest dwelling species like orangutan
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BRUNEI
MALAYSIA
KALIMANTAN
Borneo 
Samarinda 
Balikpapan

Approximate location of new capital
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Protected areas
Production forests
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SINGAPORE
200km 120 miles
SUMATRA
INDONESIA
Java Sea
JAVA
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Jakarta: Current capital and its suburbs are home to more than 10 million people – and has some of world’s worst air pollution and traffic congestion
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Move is part of broader strategy to decentralise economic growth – Jakarta is home to 60%
of Indonesia’s population and over half of its economic activity
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Picture: Getty Images         Sources: AP, Jakarta Post, WWF Environmental Status of Borneo 2016 Report © GRAPHIC NEWS



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