A plantation worker carries palm seedlings to be planted on cleared land that had been a forest in Riau province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. (Luis Sinco, Los Angeles Times / October 22, 2009)
Tiny Teluk Meranti, in an area seen as ground zero for climate change, is being wooed from all sides. Loggers want its forests and activists want it to bar the door. Residents just want a better life.
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