Indonesia saw a third consecutive year of rising deforestation in 2024, fueled by timber plantations, palm oil cultivation, and mining of critical minerals, according to a local environmental NGO. The report highlighted the loss of 261,575 hectares of forest, primarily attributed to government-approved development areas. The NGO expressed concern over the increase in legal deforestation and urged the government to protect forests in Kalimantan and Sulawesi.
BANGKOK, Thailand — Deforestation in Indonesia rose in 2024 for a third year running, a local environmental NGO said Friday based on satellite image analysis and fieldwork.Indonesia has one of the world's highest rates of deforestation, with key drivers including timber plantations, palm oil cultivation and, increasingly, the mining of critical minerals.
Coral region under threat While deforestation occurred in all of Indonesia's provinces except the region around Jakarta, the biggest losses were seen in Kalimantan.One driver in the region has been the designation of an area for the new capital, the report said.Two regional governments in the area have proposed opening up hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest to potential development, the group warned.
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