This link was published on 7 March 2016

Indonesia agency pushes plan to tackle deforestation, fires

Indonesia’s anti-graft commission said government agencies have agreed on a plan to combat corruption in the forestry industry that costs the state billions of dollars in lost revenue and is behind fires that pollute Southeast Asia. The plan leans heavily on technology to build an accurate picture of where illegal deforestation and conversion of peatland into farmland is occurring, using Landsat satellites, drones and LIDAR pulsed laser-based mapping.

  • Todayonline
  • Indonesia
  • South East Asia & Indian Continent
  • Deforestation
  • Peatland
  • Illegal Deforestation
  • Drones
  • anti-graft
  • farmland
  • Landsat satellites
  • LIDAR pulsed laser-based mapping