DEFORESTATION IN

INDONESIA
RAHAN SATRIANICK M 10040011110
RIO PANGESTU 10040014171
DEAN FARHAN 10040015073
M RIZKY TRISNA S 10040016138
 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF DEFORESTATION
IN INDONESIA

The fact that deforestation in indonesia getting more and more

happening in the years instead of lessening, is quite a concern. Planting
trees, even though it is quite possible, it takes a long time to grow
to replace the one who already been cut down. From a number of forest
supervised under Greenpeace, the worst forest damage is caused by
conversion of peatlands for palm oil expansion. As well as logging and
burning. The decrease in peatland forests releases more than two billion
tonnes of carbon every year. Like a sponge and foam, is a function of
tropical forests to absorb carbon dioxide in the air. Indonesia is currently
experiencing a serious problem of haze that is attacking several regions
in Indonesia, such as the area of Banjarmasin and  the area of Riau. This
happen because of the lack of attempt and awareness of how important
it is to balance everything that we take from nature.
 ILLEGAL LOGGING
ILLEGAL LOGGING HAS TAKEN SO MANY FOREST DOWN
BEHIND OUR BACK THAT IT’S HARD TO PREDICT HOW MANY
THEY’VE TAKEN, MEANWHILE, THE LEGAL LOGGING ITSELF
ALREADY TOOK DOWN SO MANY. THE ERRATIC CLIMATE
CHANGE, ALSO BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF THE REASON FOR
INDONESIA’S FOREST CRISIS.
INDONESIA, SURPRISINGLY, IS THE WORLD’S THIRD LARGEST
EMITTER OF GREENHOUSE GASES, AFTER CHINA AND THE
UNITED STATES. BY 2012, INDONESIA HAS BECOME THE
FASTEST COUNTRY TO GET ITS FOREST GONE NATION IN THE
WORLD SURPASSED THE RATE OF DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL.
THE CONTINUOUS OF DEFORESTATION IN INDONESIA, OF
COURSE, AFFECT THE BALANCE OF NATURE AND BRING A LOT
OF DISASTER TO THE COUNTRY.
HERE IS THE LIST OF THE EFFECTS
DEFORESTATION HAD TO INDONESIA:
1. LANDSLIDES
LANDSLIDES IS ONE OF THE DISASTER FACED BY PEOPLE OR ANIMAL WHO
LIVE UP AT HILLS OR MOUNTAINS. MOSTLY, LANDSLIDES HAPPEN WHEN
FOREST LOSE ITS FUNCTION TO PREVENT SUCH DISASTER FROM
HAPPENING. AT THIS CASE, DEFORESTATION IS ONE OF THE REASON FOR
THE DISASTER TO HAPPEN. MEANWHILE, AS THE FUNCTION OF THREES IS
TO ADSORB THE EXCESS WATER FROM RAIN.
GENERALLY, LANDSLIDES CAN BE CAUSED BY SEVERAL THINGS, SUCH AS:
• EROSION DUE TO THE INCREASE OF WATER OR RAIN, RIVERS OR OCEAN WAVES ERODE THE FOOT
SLOPES OF THE STEEP.
• THE SLOPE OF ROCKS AND SOIL WERE WEAKENED THROUGH SATURATION OF HEAVY RAIN.
• EARTHQUAKE. IT CAUSES A VIBRATION, PRESSURE ON THE MINERAL PARTICLES AND WEAK THE AREA IN
THE ROCK MASS AND RESULTING SOIL EROSION OF THE SLOPES.
• VOLCANOES. DUE TO VOLCANOES CAN PRODUCE DUST, RAIN AND DUST FLOW.
• SIMPLE THINGS SUCH AS THE VIBRATION OF THE ENGINE, THE TRAFFIC, THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES, AND
EVEN AN EXCESSIVE WEIGHT OF LIGHTNING.

ACCORDING TO DATA GATHERS BY BADAN NASIONAL PENANGGULANGAN BENCANA, FROM 2010-2014,

THERE ARE TOTAL FIVE DEADLIEST LANDSLIDE TRAGEDY IN INDONESIA. SUCH AS:
• FEBRUARY 23RD, 2010 IN BANDUNG, WEST JAVA.
33 DEAD, 17 INJURED, 11 MISSING, AND 936 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED.
• JULY 23RD, 2010 IN BURU, MALUKU.
18 DEAD, 7 WOUNDED.
• JANUARY 27TH, 2013 IN AGAM, WEST SUMATRA.
20 DEAD, 6 WOUNDED.
• MARCH 25TH, 2013 IN WEST BANDUNG, WEST JAVA.
14 DEAD, 23 INJURED, 3 MISSING, AND 185 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED.
• DECEMBER 12TH, 2014 IN BANJARNEGARA, CENTRAL JAVA.
20 PEOPLE DIED, 11 PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND 88 PEOPLE MISSING.
2. THE DISCONTINUATION OF THE FOOD CHAIN
FOREST IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE FOOD CHAIN INTACT AND BALANCE.
WHEN TREES START TO GET CUT DOWN HERE AND THERE, IT’S LIMITED
THE FOOD SUPPLIES FOR PLANT-EATING ANIMALS. THIS COULD LED INTO A
LOT OF PLANT-EATING ANIMALS DEATH, WHICH WILL ALSO EFFECT
THE CARNIVORES. DEFORESTATION IN INDONESIA HAS MANY TIME LEAD
INTO A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY SUCH AS CARNIVORES COME DOWN TO
VILLAGES. FEW CASES MAY NOT SOUND SO BAD BUT IN OTHER CASES, IT
CAUSES DEATH TO HUMAN. ANIMALS WITH HOME NO LONGER AROUND,
WILL TRY TO FIND A PLACE FOR NEST AND FOOD. UNLIKE HUMAN,
ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY THE CARNIVORES ONE ONLY DETECT THEIR FOOD BY
THE WARM OF THEIR BODY. MANY CASES OF ANIMAL EATING HUMAN IS
CAUSES BY THE LOST OF HOUSE AND SOURCE OF FOOD UP IN THE FOREST.
THE EXAMPLE OF THIS CAN BE SEEN FROM THE LATEST CASE OF A PYTHON
EATING A HUMAN IN OIL PALM PLANTATIONS.
AKBAR (25) FROM PANGERANG, SALUBIRO VILLAGE, KAROSSA DISTRICT,
THE REGENCY OF MAMUJU, WEST SULAWESI, WAS EATEN BY A PYTHON
WHEN HE IS ABOUT TO HARVEST OIL PALM. HERPETOLOGY RESEARCHER OF
THE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE (IPB), MIRZA D KUSRINI, SAY THAT THE
CHANCE OF HUMAN BEING EATEN BY PYTHON IS SMALL. THE FACT THAT IT
DIDN’T PREVENT THIS PYTHON FROM EATING AKBAR, IS RAISES A
QUESTION.
IT’S VERY LIKELY THAT THE OIL PALM PLANTATIONS WAS OR IS THE NEST OF
THE PYTHON, THEREFORE, IT DETECT THE WARM OF AKBAR’S BODY AND
ATTACK IT OUT OF HUNGER.
3. The Low Quality of Oxygen

Since the beginning of the time, trees have always an important role for the
continuity of humanity. Our oxygen come from the natural process that involve trees.
Especially now, when the usage of vehicle is high and affect the air every beings
breathe.
Many forest were set on fire in order to make it easier for people to built an oil palm
plantations. This movement give a lot of backlash for every living beings. Beside the
fact that the oxygen we’ve breath become polluted, there is less trees to produce
oxygen too.
The example of this case is the case of forest fires in Riau around 2016. 11 company
are suspected to be the one behind the mess. The forest fires in Riau caused a thick
haze hung in the air.
4. GLOBAL WARMING
GLOBAL WARMING IS THE HOTTEST ISSUE SINCE THE ERRATIC CLIMATE
CHANGE HAPPEN ALL OVER THE WORLD. DEFORESTATION IS ONE OF THE
SIGNIFICANT CAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING DUE TO OBJECTS THAT
PRODUCE CARBON SUBSTANCES TO CAUSE THE EARTH TO GETTING
HOTTER.
THE CARBON SUBSTANCES WHICH CAN NOT BE CONVERTED TO OXYGEN BY
PLANTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE NO LONGER MANY PLANTS AROUND TO
DO SO. THE CARBON SUBSTANCES CAN ALSO DAMAGE THE EARTH’S
OZONE LAYER AND RESULTED THE ICE IN THE NORTH POLE TO MELTED.
GLOBAL WARMING IS A REAL IMPACT FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE
GREENHOUSE AND THE INCREASINGLY DEFORESTATION FORESTS.
5. DROUGHT
THE LESS TREES AROUND, THE DRIER THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND US HAS
BECOME. TREE, BESIDE BEING AN OXYGEN PRODUCE MACHINE, IS ALSO
WHERE ALL THE HOT SUNLIGHT WENT TO. AS IT IS THE PART PROCESS OF
PRODUCING OXYGEN.
WHEN DEFORESTATION HAPPEN, IT’S BECOME CLEAR THAT NOT JUST ONLY
WE GOT LIMITED HEALTHY OXYGEN BUT ALSO THE HOT SUNLIGHT THAT
HUMAN CAN’T ADSORB. IT IS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO SURVIVE
IN DRY SEASONS, ESPECIALLY IF THE DRY SEASON HAPPEN TO BE THE
WORST OF THE YEAR FOR SOME OTHER GEOGRAPHICALLY REASONS.
THE EXAMPLE OF THIS CASE CAN BE SEEN IN 2015. IN THAT YEAR, THE
DROUGHT HIT 8 PROVINCES IN INDONESIA, SUCH AS, WEST NUSA
TENGGARA, EAST NUSA TENGGARA, EAST JAVA, CENTRAL JAVA,
YOGYAKARTA, WEST JAVA, SOUTHEAST SULAWESI AND GORONTALO. THE
DROUGHT HAS EFFECT SO MANY ASPECT OF LIFE IN THAT AREA. THEY
NEED IMMEDIATELY TREATMENT, ESPECIALLY CLEAN WATER FOR
CONSUMPTION AND OTHER NEEDS.
HEAD OF DATA INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS BNPB SUTOPO
PURWO NUGROHO SAID DUE TO DROUGHT, THE WATER CRISIS HAS ALSO
OCCURRED ON THE ISLAND OF JAVA AND NUSA TENGGARA THAT YEAR.
ACCORDING TO THE METEOROLOGY, CLIMATOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
(BMKG) SOME ARE DRY SEASON DRIER DUE TO THE WARMING OF SEA
SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND CENTRAL
ASIA. THIS HAS AN IMPACT ON THE MASS OF WATER VAPOR IN THE WATERS
OF INDONESIA, ATTRACTED TO THAT REGION.
EFFECT OF DEFORESTATION IN INDONESIA
ON NEW ERA.

UNTIL THIS VERY MOMENT, DEFORESTATION KEEPS HAPPENING,

ESPECIALLY THE ILLEGAL ONE THAT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP TRACK
TO. DISASTER KEEPS HAPPENING, THE QUALITY OF HEALTH KEEPS
DECREASING AND THE FOOD CHAIN HAS NEARLY BECOME A MESS.
EVEN SO, THERE IS STILL HOPE REGARDING TO PREVENT THIS
DEFORESTATION FROM KEEPS HAPPENING. REFORESTATION STILL POSSIBLE
AND KEEPING OUR EYES FOCUS TO ILLEGAL LOGGING MAY AS WELL HELP
TOO. NOW THAT WE ALREADY TASTE THE EFFECT OF DEFORESTATION AND
ABSOLUTELY HATE IT, MAYBE IT’S THE RIGHT TIME TO START MAKING A
DIFFERENCE
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