Indonesia ‘trashing’ its forests
15 July 2014The rate of deforestation in Indonesia is the highest in the world, according to the journal Nature Climate Change.
A study for the publication said Indonesia lost 840,000ha of forest in 2012, almost double that of Brazil at 460,000ha and the rate is accelerating.Total forest lost between 2000 and 2012 was estimated at 6 million ha, said the journal.
"Industrial plantation companies are trashing Indonesia's forests for commodities like palm oil and pulp paper, which go into products in supermarkets around the world. The scale of the problem demands action from government and corporations," said Greenpeace south-east Asia forest campaigner Yuyun Indradi.
