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  2. Leuser Ecosystem - Wikipedia

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    Leuser Ecosystem, Aceh. The Leuser Ecosystem is an area of forest located in the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.Covering more than 2.6 million hectares it is one of the richest expanses of tropical rain forest in Southeast Asia and is the last place on earth where the Sumatran elephant, rhino, tiger and orangutan are found within one area. [1]

  3. Deforestation in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    The estimated forest cover of 170 million hectares around 1900 decreased to less than 100 million hectares by the end of the 20th century. [2] In 2008, it was estimated that tropical rainforests in Indonesia would be logged out in a decade. [3] Of the total logging in Indonesia, up to 80% is reported to be performed illegally. [4]

  4. Environmental issues in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    During the 21st century, an area of forest roughly equivalent to the size of the US state of Michigan (92,000 square miles) has been cut down, mainly in order to expand palm oil plantations. [24] Indonesia plans to double its consumption of coal by 2027 in order to build new coal power plants. [24]

  5. Rainforest - Wikipedia

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    Tropical rainforests have been called the "jewels of the Earth" and the "world's largest pharmacy", because over one quarter of natural medicines have been discovered there. [2] Rainforests as well as endemic rainforest species are rapidly disappearing due to deforestation, the resulting habitat loss and pollution of the atmosphere. [3]

  6. Environment of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    The estimated forest cover of 170 million hectares around 1900 decreased to less than 100 million hectares by the end of the 20th century. [16] In 2008, it was estimated that tropical rainforests in Indonesia would be logged out in a decade. [17] Of the total logging in Indonesia, up to 80% is reported to be performed illegally. [18]

  7. Eastern Java–Bali rain forests - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Java-Bali rain forests ecoregion (WWF ID: IM0113) covers the lowland areas of the eastern half of the island of Java, and the island of Bali, in Indonesia. This ecoregion is distinct from the Eastern Java-Bali montane rain forests, which exists at higher elevations where mountain forest habitat dominates. Very little of the natural ...

  8. Borneo lowland rain forests - Wikipedia

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    The Borneo lowland rain forests cover an area of 428,438 square kilometers, about 57% of Borneo's land area. They cover most of the island below 1000 meters elevation. Borneo is divided between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei, and the lowland rainforests extend into all three countries. [3]

  9. Sulawesi montane rain forests - Wikipedia

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    Sulawesi, with an area of 180,681 km², is the fourth-largest island in Indonesia, and the eleventh-largest in the world. ... Lower montane rain forest, or sub ...