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Article: DAMAGED FORESTS AFFECT MT CIREMAI SPRINGS.
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- ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia)
- Article date:
- July 10, 2003
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Kuningan, W Java, July 9 (ANTARA) - Thousands of hectares of Mount Ciremai forests have been damaged resulting in the disappearance of a number of natural springs that had served as water sources to people in five districts, a researcher said here Wednesday. "More than 20 percent or about 2,000 hectares out of 8,975 hectares of forest on the mountain are in a seriously damaged condition. About 70 percent of the damaged forests can be found in Kuningan district and the rest in Majalengka district," Slamet Wastra said. According to the researcher of private Kuningan ...