Indonesia is Building a $33B Jungle Capital (And It's Failing)

Описание: Indonesia is building a $33 billion capital city in the middle of a Borneo jungle. It's called Nusantara—and it's already collapsing. Jakarta is sinking four inches every year, so the government's solution is to relocate 800 miles east into the rainforest. Except the money's vanishing, investors fled, and the people ordered to move there are refusing...

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In this video, we break down:
Why Jakarta is physically sinking into the ocean (and costing $4.5B annually)
How SoftBank walked away from a $40B investment opportunity
The $80B Giant Sea Wall being built to save the old capital while building the new one
How American RVs are being built with timber from cleared orangutan habitat
Why civil servants are refusing to relocate (and being threatened with "lazy lists")

KEY TECH SPECS
Total Project Cost: $33 billion (Indonesia covers 20%, private sector 80%)
Current Investment Secured: $3.8 billion (15% of private sector target)
Land Subsidence Rate (Jakarta): 3.5-25 cm per year
Area Below Sea Level: 40% of Jakarta
Budget Cut: £2 billion (2024) → £300 million (2026)
Deforestation: 33,000 hectares cleared (2021-2024)
Target Population (2030): 1.2 million | Current: ~10,000
Renewable Energy Target: 100% by 2045
Giant Sea Wall (Jakarta): $80 billion projected cost

SOURCES & FURTHER READING
NASA Earth Observatory - Satellite Imagery Analysis
National Research & Innovation Agency (BRIN) - Land Subsidence Data
Nusantara Capital Authority (OIKN) - Official Investment Reports
Earthsight/Auriga Nusantara - RV Supply Chain Investigation
Al Jazeera - Indigenous Displacement Reporting
Asia Times, PBS NewsHour - Financial Analysis

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