Deforestation is a disaster for the environment

Published on : 18 November 2009 - 9:56am | By Hans Jaap Melissen

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Deforestation on the Indonesian island of Sumatra is a major contributor to the emission of worldwide greenhouse gasses.

The clearance of peat land areas is of particular concern and in the run up to the international climate conference in Copenhagen environmental campaigners from Greenpeace have been protesting in the region.

They have been chaining themselves to bulldozers and diggers in a bid to draw attention to the logging and they hope that decisions will be made in Copenhagen to prevent more trees being felled.

Dutchman Ivo de Boer heads the UN's panel on climate change, he says the logging will only stop if there are viable economic alternatives.

RNW's Hans Jaap Melissen travelled to the region and filed this video report.

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Anonymous 24 November 2009 - 9:48am / Indonesia

Do you really eat pisang goreng? You know that pisang goreng in lembang is really delicious and have you eaten martabak?And about this deforestation,I am really ashamed that this news reach to an international forum. lots of people in sumatra espessialy Riau cut down forest,burn forest,hunt animal which almost extinct."Tebang tanam" that's just a theory but in field we don't know.We're really tired because this all problems always happen in mycountry esspesially in kalimantan(borneo).The only way to save the forest is an international intervension which i hate it

Anonymous 15 December 2009 - 11:02pm / Lalaland

Of course I have eaten pisang goreng and pohong goreng. Deforestation is bad because it affects and might destroy the environment and ecosystem to the detriment of all life on the planet Earth.

jasmin 23 November 2009 - 12:13pm / India

Who said,'Forests precede civilizations, and deserts succeed them!"..

Anonymous 23 November 2009 - 11:34am / Indonesia

You know tempe and sambal bayak.That's amazing.Is Indonesian food famous in USA?well If I may ask have you been in Indonesia ?or you maybe an Indo-american

Anonymous 23 November 2009 - 4:21pm / united states

Of course I was in Indonesia, that's why I am concerned about the deforestation and the destruction of the environment ,and comment about it. What about the pisang goreng and the steamed rice with bandeng?

Anonymous 21 November 2009 - 1:42am / Indonesian

Hah,US,Why always they care of our bussiness.I'm sick about them.Why don't they care about their own bussiness?Have they got nothing to do?We never interupt their national policy.What's wrong with them?

Anonymous 22 November 2009 - 5:20pm / usa

I don't care about your business! We are only commenting here, freely and sincerely; and I was in your country even before you were born., eating steamed rice with tempeh and sambal bayak.

Anonymous 20 November 2009 - 1:16pm / united states

We have the right to comment about Indonesian internal problems or internal problems of any country. Freedom of speech and of thinking are real human treasures. The problem in this world is that few people really think.

Anonymous 20 November 2009 - 11:00am / Indonesia

Well,Indonesia goverment has a policy.It's called " tebang-tanam" which is mean after we cut down forest we plant the forest back.You don't have to think about our internal problems.

Anonymous 20 November 2009 - 6:34am

Thanks for this sad report about deforestation and logging. It is sad world we are living in for sure.

Anonymous 19 November 2009 - 8:38am

I'm an Indoesian.Well If you know the news you must be heard about 11 Activist of Greenpeace were arrested in jail by POLRI.Greenpeace may protest in Indonesia but this is a law country and we have rules to obey

Anonymous 18 November 2009 - 12:43pm

Nov 18 2009 Deforestation is a disaster for the environment said Ivo de Boer , well if he want hi has the solution at hand holland is the most advance in the technology of wind electrick generator and solar panel, why he does not abogacy to stop if there are viable economic alternatives, and it will benefict Indonesian , if not to all developing countries, the same can be done with the production of opioum in Afganistan.

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