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Around 283,000 hectares of forest, four times the size of Jakarta, were lost throughout 2025 to make way for various extractive businesses across the country, according to the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi).
Around 90 percent of 13,000 hectares of natural forests cleared by activities from the pulpwood industry were found in Kalimantan, according to a new report issued by environmental groups, raising alarms of looming ecological crisis that may hit the island in the coming years.
The report of ecological damage in the nickel industry comes as Indonesia, home to the world's largest nickel ore reserves, seeks to extract more value from the mineral by attracting investment into its processing and in the manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries.
Greenpeace Indonesia's analysis of official deforestation data revealed that Indonesia saw 4.8 million hectares of forest and peatland lost between 2013 and 2019, surpassing the country's target of limiting deforestation to 4.2 million ha between 2013 and 2030 to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
