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Indonesia is currently losing its forests faster than any other major forested country. According to FAO (2006), Indonesia loses at least 1.8 million hectares of forest per year, making Indonesia the third largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world, after the United States and China. The main source of Indonesia’s emissions is deforestation and the drainage of carbon-rich peatland.
The main drivers of Indonesia’s fast rising deforestation are the aggresive expansion of palm oil and large-scale logging for pulp and paper and timber. Forest fires rage every year as more priceless forests are cleared. Floods, drought and changes in the climate pattern also further forest destruction in Indonesia and compromise food security.
A moratorium will not only help curb the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, but will also safeguard the wealth of tropical biodiversity and protect the livelihoods of forest dependent communities all across Indonesia.
Over 30,000 Indonesians have already signed up to become a part of Forest Defenders Indonesia (FDI). Please join them in urging Indonesia’s President to declare an immediate moratorium on deforestation.
The main drivers of Indonesia’s fast rising deforestation are the aggresive expansion of palm oil and large-scale logging for pulp and paper and timber. Forest fires rage every year as more priceless forests are cleared. Floods, drought and changes in the climate pattern also further forest destruction in Indonesia and compromise food security.
A moratorium will not only help curb the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, but will also safeguard the wealth of tropical biodiversity and protect the livelihoods of forest dependent communities all across Indonesia.
Over 30,000 Indonesians have already signed up to become a part of Forest Defenders Indonesia (FDI). Please join them in urging Indonesia’s President to declare an immediate moratorium on deforestation.