MARK ERDMANN explains the history of an exciting venture in reef conservation using volunteer divers.
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Reefs alive!
Tomas Tomascik, Annmarie Janice Mah, Anugerah Nontji & Mohammad Kasim Moosa, The ecology of the Indonesian seas, Singapore: Periplus, part I (ISBN 962- 593-078-7, 642pp), part II (ISBN 962-593-163-5, 745pp).
Reviewed by IAN DUTTON
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Rare birds die in West Java
Impoverished villagers kill huge numbers of migrating birds resting on Java's foreshores each year. JOHN McCARTHY reports
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Whose tourism? Balinese fight back
CAROL WARREN reports on developments at Padanggalak, where outside money and graft encounter strong opposition.
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I always throw the envelope away
ANGELA ROMANO explores the 'envelope culture' among journalists
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Travels in West Timor
SIMON ANDREWARTHA discovers a quiet invasion by outsiders, even in the remotest villages.
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Murky military memoirs
Heru Cahyono, Pangkopkamtib Jenderal Soemitro dan Peristiwa 15 January '74, Pustaka Sinar Harapan, Jakarta 1998 (see Bookshop page for availability).
Reviewed by DAVID BOURCHIER
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A fresh wind is blowing
Why is it so hard to remember the evils of the past? ROB GOODFELLOW explores the pain, and the exhilaration, of memory.
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The employment crisis
CHRIS MANNING explains why the workers suffer but cannot protest.
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Mamberamo madness
Millions of hectares of pristine tropical forest and thousands of indigenous people are at risk. FRANCES CARR outlines Habibie's 'techno dream' for Irian Jaya.
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More than six decades after being inspired as an undergraduate in Sydney, Ron Witton retraces his Indonesian language teacher's journey back to Suriname