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the united nations says yemen's health system has essentially collapsed country has reported about $200.00 cases of cope with $1030.00 deaths but yemen has one of the lowest rates of coronavirus testing in the world at only $31.00 per 1000000 people . here us president says he'll order the u.s. flag to be flown at half staff over the next 3 days as the u.s. coronavirus death toll approaches 100000 all 50 states have partially reopened after a 2 month shutdown even though some are still recording a rising number of new infections trump has called for houses of worship to reopen this weekend saying he'll override any governors who don't allow it's now up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera we'll have more news coming up after risking it all and borneo we're looking at the people who transport giant logs along dangerous rivers that's next.
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so the use earth is on a mission he has to set up a lumber camp before nightfall the houses delivering will become home to him and other which cuts as deep in borneo as rain forest. among his many challenges the unpredictable terrain the little so. little that the whole bit. i don't i said. it was kind of the center of the show and that.
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it's home to hundreds of endemic plants and animals are rich in unique habitat that is slowly dying its abundant resources overexploited its right woods decimated today less than half the trees remain. yet the procession of trucks never ends the forest tries to slow that progress as best as it can. but here wood to means money to trucks stop at nothing to get that cargo to ports and big cities 7 days a week. each journey is fruitless challenges adroitness overcoming them and them a salary of about $550.00 a month. to. use it has now been carrying this house on the. back of his truck for 7 hours he's tired but remains focused.
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fly as the locust prepare for tomorrow's walk the terentia will rain pounds down on the cab it's not without consequence. on their days off the men only on hoff of a usual salary. none will risk working with a chainsaw or driving on it's been reduced to mud. up to 3 days of rain the locals have even be taken up by what. each of them makes sure to speed up the cutting and transporting of the wood to. hoping to own a bonus for the extra efforts they want to make up the wages that lost.
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this giant tree grows one centimeter every yeah it's taken thousands of years to grow to decides. it's worth it is the hardest and densest in the world and yet the name ironwood. even once on the ground it still managing to make the longest lives difficult. to share way to the tree is driving the bulldozer towards the ravine. please
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a little chilly for those. of the for. the bulldozer to foul is everything and that's creating a trail for the drive it's. up now but not much. but by a. little. each new track brings its own unknown danger is. according to the dr as they have never been any deaths but many injury. it's. each one of them except it's the risks as an occupational hazard.
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of. the. job i. play. the drivers on a fixed salary with added bonuses if they manage to transport more would have been expected. it's not looking promising for today's bonus. the bulldozer driver brings back bad news the road is an accessible unless the dr is used this technique nicknamed the come god. uses return journey promises to be event. will take on the same route in the
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even on the most dangerous journey the use of thinks of his family at some 5000 kilometers away in indonesia. oh don't. let. up on the mighty one. among. them that. cut. to day's journey is over for you said. the monks who delivered the journey is just beginning. tomorrow they will take a completely different route to reach the sea and the shipping ports.
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off to 10 hours of driving and logging the men are exhausted. deep in the middle of the forest temperatures average around 30 degrees celsius the humidity a suffocating 80 percent. going on a nice month you can almost not i wanted. to stop i am not talking about fighting it was that when. i let myself around the light of day i would not go on
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the air now that we're on what i'm hearing but do you think. it's nothing and i'm just. i'm not moving because it was not given permission. or what i was about that every company. you know nothing about. that got me to pick out what. i don't know where you're going but. you know i'm going to do with out i'm going to do the most so here you go. for the dawn of the right to die. so you can be dealt with not only the going to grow up one day soon get out of the woodwork but if you've got the. they will. look.
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there are thousands of tons of tree trunks piled on this for the bad. transporting them requires massive quantities of petrol and expensive option. instead the logs will complete the journey to the shipping ports by water a small outboard motor to keep it moving forward. this trial is for the hell and driven driving tribe. it takes considerable know how. the ropes holding the rough together can easily trap back hands and feet.
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across a body shop enough that you can select. a new exhibit with the. 'd yeah. that it was the 1st in. the rivet itself can present different challenges there are twists and turns and the carts can be unpredictable. the small engine is struggling. and eventually gives up. crack a conduit and use. the. you get in there and. i
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once and i was a new among the not so moment but i never. said that. by and by the way those. on this stage close to 30 rafts ahead and down the river. in what many describe as an ecological massacre. forestry companies are the ones who profit most oil palm plantations and residential communities often replace the de forested areas. sometimes mother nature seems to exact a little revenge. 20
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years ago housing development of around a 100 houses built again was completely swept away by a hurricane and huge waves. that's prompted to get spain the property developer to make a change. and. i will not. name. out of what i've been able. to be able. instead of rebuilding the houses the builder decided to start gardening . after removing the rubble i can spray replanted hundreds of thousands of
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trees the now famous dream varia preventing the erosion of the coast. and they. may be going to be. sitting on a. rock for some of my money. oh he got the blue. books i'm not. gonna. get that beautiful but if you need. to sit down there are because. of the why you. did. i don't know i doubt either. apart from why i dropped out of india.
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i guess building is housing development within a few months. it took him 20 years to replant $100.00 hectares of mangroves. and get no good out of midwest about what you write about bones about me and. 60. 6. today some ammonia is endemic pumps and animals are once again starting to return to the area. so many have known. that and to publish aren't that big of a lot now and you do it welcome but i've done it on our parish i've been i've been on. mike on the yap and the net mongers great aussie do of the doubt of being on and the ones that are moved up into an ark and decks are after
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