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JAKARTA (FORESTHINTS.NEWS) - According to the World Resources Institute (WRI), Indonesia's 2020 primary forest loss amounted to 270 thousand hectares, revealing a major gap with the official data on primary forest loss from Indonesia’s forestry authorities.
Data from the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) show that only 12,320 hectares of primary forest were lost to deforestation during 2018/2019-2019/2020, or just 4.56% of the WRI figure.
This huge contrast can be ascribed to the WRI’s definition of primary forests which differs substantially from the legal definition used by the Indonesian government.
A similar situation occurred when the WRI announced the level of primary forest loss in 2019, as reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS in early June last year.
The following chart shows the serious gap between the WRI's version of Indonesia’s 2020 primary forest loss and the country’s own deforestation data involving primary forests during 2018/2019-2019/2020.
In early July last year, as reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS, Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya pointed out that the government only refers to land cover classes in line with the classification of the Indonesian National Standard (SNI) and forestry regulations.
Impressive downturn
Minister Siti Nurbaya, as reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Mar 3), announced a drastic reduction in the country’s deforestation rate during 2018/2019-2019/2020, by as much as 75.03%.
The chart below depicts Indonesia's deforestation trend from 2011/2012 to 2019/2020, indicating an impressive downturn in the country's deforestation rate, especially over the last five years.
Similarly, the deforestation rate in Central Kalimantan during 2018/2019-2019/2020 also plunged, by 73.6%. This province is inhabited by a significant population of Bornean orangutans, as reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Mar 22).
Remarkably, there was an even sharper decline in deforestation during 2018/2019-2019/2020, of up to 81.76%, within the Leuser Ecosystem, the only place on earth where multiple flagship species co-exist in a large ecosystem, as also reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Mar 11).
Indonesia retains 90.1 million hectares of tropical natural forest cover, equivalent to 3.7 times the size of the UK. With this in mind, as covered by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Mar 24), the COP26 President recently complimented Indonesia on its status as a climate superpower.
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JAKARTA (FORESTHINTS.NEWS) - According to the World Resources Institute (WRI), Indonesia's 2020 primary forest loss amounted to 270 thousand hectares, revealing a major gap with the official data on primary forest loss from Indonesia’s forestry authorities.
Data from the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) show that only 12,320 hectares of primary forest were lost to deforestation during 2018/2019-2019/2020, or just 4.56% of the WRI figure.
This huge contrast can be ascribed to the WRI’s definition of primary forests which differs substantially from the legal definition used by the Indonesian government.
A similar situation occurred when the WRI announced the level of primary forest loss in 2019, as reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS in early June last year.
The following chart shows the serious gap between the WRI's version of Indonesia’s 2020 primary forest loss and the country’s own deforestation data involving primary forests during 2018/2019-2019/2020.
In early July last year, as reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS, Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya pointed out that the government only refers to land cover classes in line with the classification of the Indonesian National Standard (SNI) and forestry regulations.
Impressive downturn
Minister Siti Nurbaya, as reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Mar 3), announced a drastic reduction in the country’s deforestation rate during 2018/2019-2019/2020, by as much as 75.03%.
The chart below depicts Indonesia's deforestation trend from 2011/2012 to 2019/2020, indicating an impressive downturn in the country's deforestation rate, especially over the last five years.
Similarly, the deforestation rate in Central Kalimantan during 2018/2019-2019/2020 also plunged, by 73.6%. This province is inhabited by a significant population of Bornean orangutans, as reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Mar 22).
Remarkably, there was an even sharper decline in deforestation during 2018/2019-2019/2020, of up to 81.76%, within the Leuser Ecosystem, the only place on earth where multiple flagship species co-exist in a large ecosystem, as also reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Mar 11).
Indonesia retains 90.1 million hectares of tropical natural forest cover, equivalent to 3.7 times the size of the UK. With this in mind, as covered by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Mar 24), the COP26 President recently complimented Indonesia on its status as a climate superpower.
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