One of the problems in Indonesia is there forest fires. they have alot of forest fires, they hold the world record for the most forest fires in the world!!!
The government of Indonesia with very small budget to try to develop the country of Indonesia. this means cutting down the food stuffs to develop the country.
Across the world, a growing appetite for Indonesia’s fish, oil palm, timber, wood pulp, gold, oil and gas resources are pressing the country to keep on exporting its resouces and goods in the form of oils, logs, fish fillets and photocopy paper.
The problem is that a lot of these activities are taking place illegally and are carried out in an unsustainable way.
During 2000 and 2005, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that Indonesia lost a massive 1,87 million of forest every year. That’s 9,36 million ha (hectares) over a 5-year period – an area the size of Portugal.
When a forest area of that size is lost, this carries a range of serious impacts, including (among many others):
habitat loss for endangered species such as the Sumatran rhinoand orangutans
loss of life for forest people who are robbed of their timber resources
loss of revenue for local and central governments.
What explains Indonesia's huge rate of forest loss? One cause is global demand for wood pulp and palm oil and the resulting clearance of forests for plantations. Palm oil is now considered a major source of income for Indonesia and for more than 3.5 million people working in this sub-sector.
But this expantion comes at a big price. Where plantations are created in areas of high conservation value forests (HCVF), this has led to the complete loss of forest ecological functions and socioeconomic (social ecomonics) benefits for local people.
Another cause of Indonesia’s massive rate of deforestation is global demand for timber. Approximately 80% of timber production in Indonesia is considered to come from illegal logging.