Deforestation in Indonesia is devastating the wildlife and bio-diversity of the country and is adding to climate change.

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Approximately 15% of the world's mammals, birds and plants live in Indonesia, and deforestation poses a major threat to the continuation of their species. Species such as the Javan Tiger have already succumb to extinction due to deforestation.

https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/hp331-2014-42/?page_id=84

The poster child for species loss in stemming from deforestation in Indonesia is the orangutan. The sub-species of the orangutan found in Indonesia are classified as endangered according to the IUCN. Since 1999, 50% of Borean Orangutans have died due deforestation related factors

Deforestation in Indonesia is largely driven by palm oil production. Forests are converted into palm oil plantations, which destroys and drains of the land of natural resources. Palm oil plantations cover 9 hectares of Indonesia's 98 hectares of rain forest.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837717301552

This deforestation also contributes a massive amount of greenhouse gases into the world. The act of clearing trees and draining of peatlands committed during deforestation releases thousands of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/issues/indonesian-forests-palm-oil/

This has increased Indonesia's global ranking of green gas gas emitters.

Indonesia's government has set up broad policies to attempt to combat deforestation, but operations largely continue. This lack of action may be attributed to how industries that contribute to deforestation, such as palm oil, also play a large part of Indonesia's economy.

Links that could not be included in their original tweet:
https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/issues/indonesian-forests-palm-oil/ https://news.mongabay.com/2016/04/recent-plantation-expansions-peatlands-came-huge-carbon-cost/

https://news.mongabay.com/2016/04/recent-plantation-expansions-peatlands-came-huge-carbon-cost/