Photo: Bambang Hero Saharjo
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
By Prof. Bambang Hero Saharjo, Professor of Forestry and Environment, IPB University
Indonesia’s Rainforests on the Brink
Indonesia’s tropical rainforests cover 10% of the world’s forest area and are home to 12% of the world’s mammals, 16% of reptiles, and 17% of all bird species. Yet in the past two decades, more than 24 million hectares of forest—an area equivalent to the combined size of the UK and the Netherlands—have vanished (World Bank, 2022).