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...local leader. As part of the project, Budin received 12,000 rubber-tree saplings from FFI to plant as an income substitute for the village. Hashimi, an ex-logger who before the tsunami cut down more than 10 trees a month to satisfy demand for Aceh's precious seumantok wood, is also thinking long term. "If we replant the trees by the lake," he says, "maybe we could increase eco-tourism in Aceh." Those are hopeful words from an island where hope has been in short supply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tisna Nando, Indonesia | 10/2/2006 | See Source »

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