Indonesian Islands of Sumatra & Borneo Lost 9% of Their Forests in First 8 Years of 21st Century

We just learned that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon saw an amazing 1000% spike in December , and now some sobering news about deforestation in Southeast Asia : Mongabay reports than Sumatra and the Indonesian part of Borneo (Kalimantan) lost 9.2% of their forest cover, some 5.4 million hectares, between 2000 and 2008. One of the researchers describes it:… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Indonesian Islands of Sumatra & Borneo Lost 9% of Their Forests in First 8 Years of 21st Century

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