This island's Busang mine was found to be worthless in a scandal that caused the demise of Canadian company Bre-X. This island hosts the world's greatest diversity of dipterocarps, including many in its Danum Valley.
This island's Busang mine was found to be worthless in a scandal that caused the demise of Canadian company Bre-X. This island hosts the world's greatest diversity of dipterocarps, including many in its Danum Valley. Kerangas are a type of moist heath forest found on this island, whose largest city is Kuching. The Mega Rice project attempted to convert this island's peat swamp forests to rice paddies. This home of the Dayak people lies just west of the (*) Makassar Strait and Wallace's Line, across from Sulawesi. Its northern portion includes the states of Sabah and Sarawak. For 10 points, name this third largest island in the world, which is shared by Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
This island's Busang mine was found to be worthless in a scandal that caused the demise of Canadian company Bre-X. This island hosts the world's greatest diversity of dipterocarps, including many in its Danum Valley.
Borneo [or Kalimantan]