Indonesia population was 61Mio inhabitants, of which 42Mio people lived on Java, hence leaving only 20Mio people to inhabit the forest rich islands of Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi and Papua (also called “outer islands” in the past) (source...
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), an estimated 18 million acres (7.3 million hectares) of forest are lost each year. In the last two decades, Afghanistan has lost over 70% of its forests throughout the country. Read more facts aboutglobal warming,climate...
In Indonesia, this has had a devastating effect on the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan. Your rating is required to reflect your happiness. Upgrade to Download. In the past, these small scale farming techniques would enable the forest to grow back after the people had moved on. The ...
That the Borneo rainforest is 130 million years old, making it the oldest rainforest in the world? There are about 15,000 species of flowering plants with 3,000 species of trees (267 species are dipterocarps), 221 species of terrestrial mammals and 420 species of resident birds in Borneo....
Hills and mountains lose about 2.5 million hectares of forest annually, 640,000 of which are lost in Brazil, 370,000 in Mexico, and 150,000 hectares in Indonesia. About 6.1 million hectares of moist deciduous forest disappear every year, of which the largest regional share is in Latin Americ...
Indonesia uses palm oil as the main source for making biodiesel, as proven by an increase in the domestic market demand for biodiesel by as much as 2.69 million tons. This is followed by the increase of the area of palm oil plantations by 4.25 million hectares from 2014 to 2020. In ...
However, industrial agriculture, like field crops and livestock is to be blamed as well. Growing Crops like soya bean, palm oil, cocoa, and raising livestock for meat causes almost 44% of forest loss. For example, In Indonesia and Malaysia, trees are cut at a rapid scale to produce palm...
Brazil is home to the Amazon basin and its rainforests, but it is by no means the only country with deforestation problems. Honduras has lost half of its forest cover and Nigeria has chopped down all but 10 percent of its trees. The Philippines, Ghana, Indonesia and Nepal are among many ...
Hertel (2022): "Effects of demand-side restrictions on high-deforestation palm oil in Europe on deforestation and emissions in Indonesia," Environmental Research Letters, 17. Chowdhry, S. and G. Felbermayr (2021): "Trade Liberalization along the Firm Size Distribution: The Case of the EU-South...
In a successful proof of concept in Indonesia, Unilever applied GreenToken to source more than 188,000 tons of oil palm fruit. The solution enabled Golden Agri-Resources and other suppliers from whom Unilever sources to create tokens that mirror the m...