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Indonesia Becomes the Country with the World’s Highest Deforestation Rate

According to a recently published report in the Nature Climate Change magazine, Indonesia’s deforestation rate doubled that of Brazil in 2012, and since the Millennium it has lost forested land equivalent to one-third the size of mainland Spain. The report found that the 2011 moratorium on deforestation from intact forests actually led to vast quantities of deforestation in unprotected forests. The report has received the support of the new Indonesia President, Joko Widodo.

  • Latin American Herald Tribune
  • Deforestation
  • Climate Change
  • Highest Deforestation Rate
  • Indonesia President