BY :TIUR RUMONDANG | OCTOBER 09, 2020 Many living in Southeast Asia – and even…
Category: climate change
Coronavirus cuts force Indonesia to scale back forest protection
By: Fathin Ungku, Bernadette Christina | June 25th, 2020
SINGAPORE – JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has scaled back protection for some of the world’s most important tropical forests ahead of the worst season for fires because of budget cuts due to the coronavirus, the environment ministry said.
Forest Fire Emissions From Indonesia Worse Than Amazon, EU Says
By Yoga Rusmana
Fires that destroyed Indonesian rainforests pumped out more carbon dioxide than the blazes in the Amazon this year, according to the European Union’s atmosphere observation program.