Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Indonesia is building a new capital city in the heart of Borneo to replace sinking Jakarta. As construction transforms one of the world's most biodiverse rainforests, scientists and Indigenous communities are racing to record the sounds of the forest—and preserve generations of ecological knowledge before it's lost.

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