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Archipelago 2 weeks ago
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Illegal logging persists in Riau as wildfires sweep province
The Riau Forest Rescue Network (Jikalahari) said its records showed that 66 percent of Riau’s natural forest had disappeared over the past 25 years, falling from 3.91 million hectares in 2000 to 1.31 million ha in 2025.
Society 5 months ago
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State-led projects drive soaring forest loss in Indonesia, watchdog finds
An environmental watchdog has found that over 430,000 hectares of forest areas were cut down last year, primarily for realizing President Prabowo Subianto’s food and energy self-sufficiency agenda.
Society 9 months ago
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Rising forest loss puts Kalimantan at higher disaster risk
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.
Society 10 months ago
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Forest under threat as corporations, military gain power under Prabowo
One year into President Prabowo Subianto’s administration, environmental watchdogs warn of a deepening ecological crisis fueled by elite business interests and an expanding military role in natural resource management.
Archipelago 1 year ago
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Bali to issue regulation banning villa and hotel construction on agricultural land
Hanif explained that along the watersheds of Bali’s three major rivers, Tukad Badung, Tukad Mati and Tukad Singapadu, only 3 percent of the 49,500 hectares of designated buffer zones are covered by trees.
Environment 1 year ago
From Bolivia to Indonesia, deforestation continues apace
Forests nearly the size of Ireland were lost in 2023, with 6.37 million hectares of trees felled and burned, "significantly exceeded" levels that would have kept the world on track to eliminate deforestation by the end of the decade.
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