By Sarjan Lahay BANGGAI ISLANDS, Indonesia — Dewdrops cling to weeds in the Banggai archipelago as Deslin Kalaeng grasps a large round root vegetable from the ancient karst. “That’s the ...

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The limestone karst islands and idyllic bays off Thailand’s southwest coast are home to coral gardens, colourful schools of fish and even the odd whale — all best explored from the freedom of ...

Grismer likens the karst formations to islands in an archipelago. Each formation, he says, serves as an evolutionary microcosm, producing species entirely distinct from neighboring karsts.

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The limestone karst in the Banggai Islands is an intact Swiss cheese of caves and springs that sustain this archipelago of around 130,000 people with water to drink — and to irrigate the ...