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JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian city battling the effects of deforestation has come up with a novel way of tackling the problem. Would-be families must plant a tree. "Everyone who wants to get married or apply for a birth certificate must plant a tree," Syahrum Syah Setia, the head of Balikpapan city's Environmental Impact Management Agency, said. Indonesia has lost an estimated 70 percent of its original forest land, although it still has a total forest area of more than 225 million acres). "The city's condition is already worrying, and we must act to tackle global warming."
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