THE 1-million-hectare peat land development project has definitely sent disaster to Kalimantan. Begun on January 23,1996 the mega-project was designed to realize President Suharto''''s dream of transforming the swamps of Kalimantan into rice-producing areas and make Indonesia self-sufficient in rice. It ended in a painful tragedy: trillions of rupiah were squandered, vast areas of the ecosystem destroyed, thousands of the local population displaced, and thousands more transmigrants left in the lurch.