Name: Man completes 800 km backwards walking to save forest
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Description: Medi Bastoni, an Indonesian man, completed an incredible feat of walking backwards nearly 800 kilometres from his village in eastern Java to capital Jakarta to raise awareness about deforestation.

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Medi Bastoni, an Indonesian man, completed an incredible feat of walking backwards nearly 800 kilometres from his village in eastern Java to capital Jakarta to raise awareness about deforestation.