... Kalimantan are in the lowland forests. Although Indonesia occupies only 1,3 percent of the worlds land area, it possesses up to 17 percent of the planet's species. Roughly and conservatively, Indonesia houses about 11 percent of flowering plant species, 12 percent of the world's mammals, 17 percent of all birds, and at least 37 percent the world's fish. Since its independence, the government of Indonesia has exploited the natural resources of country to fuel "development". Minerals and oil are heavily extracted; forest have been cleared and cut down. The development-which emphasizes very much on economic growth-has neglected almost all aspects other than economic growth. Until the late 1980s, the focus of the development had been on import substitution, and after that on developing export oriented industries. Hence, development in Indonesia means nothing more than industrialization. Moreover, industrialization in Indonesia has been focused on manufacturing. As stated in its long-term plan of development, ...

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