Tag Archives: El Nino
GOLD AND GUNS IN EDEN Part 3 of 4
A Memoir from Western New Guinea I flew to the Highlands on a creaking Merpati aircraft with only one other passenger and other seats replaced by large steel drums. I would have been more nervous if I had known we … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Nature
Tagged Baliem Valley, El Nino, Gardens of War, HIV-AIDS, Wamena, West Papua
Inferno in Indonesia
Indonesian forests are burning. It happens annually, but this time the inferno is far worse. On some days, the fires evolve more carbon into the atmosphere than the whole of America (whose economy is 20 times larger), and the smog … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged El Nino, forest fire, Indonesia, Irian Jaya, West Papua
