Australia and Indonesia hope to turn an ecological disaster into a global lesson

A view of drainage canals, which are supposed to be developed for farming, in a peat area in Mangtangai in Indonesia's central Kalimantan April 26, 2009. Within a vast deforested area on Borneo island, Australia and Indonesia hope to turn an ecological disaster into a global lesson on how to help local communities save tropical forests and fight climate change. Picture taken April 26, 2009.

A villager in a wooden boat passes through drainage canals, which are supposed to be developed for farming, in a peat area in Mangtangai in central Kalimantan, Indonesia, April 26, 2009.

A view of a forest that was damaged by fire in a peat area in the Mengkatip district of Indonesia's South Kalimantan April 25, 2009

Illegally logged timbers float in a river in a peat area in the Mengkatip district of Indonesia's South Kalimantan April 25, 2009. Within a vast deforested area on Borneo island, Australia and Indonesia hope to turn an ecological disaster into a global lesson on how to help local communities save tropical forests and fight climate change. Picture taken April 25,2009

Houses are developed in a peat area in the Mengkatip district of Indonesia's South Kalimantan April 25, 2009. Within a vast deforested area on Borneo island, Australia and Indonesia hope to turn an ecological disaster into a global lesson on how to help local communities save tropical forests and fight climate change. Picture taken April 25, 2009.