For how much longer will the name "Borneo" conjure up the same sense of magic as it does now, or as it did when I was a child?
I doubt that in 15 years' time the word will be so excitingly evocative. Almost certainly, it will then stand for destruction and terrible loss. Say goodbye to the orangutan, the Asian elephant and the Sumatran tiger. All three are predicted to be extinct in the wild by 2022.
There are two reasons for this, and they are connected.