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Indonesia in Crisis.... Devastation in IndonesiaWhile the threat of Islamic extremists has captured the world's attention, another drama is unfolding in the forests of Indonesia and Southeast Asia. The once magnificent forests of the region are likely to be largely wiped out within ten years and with them the legacy of magnificant wildlife. Carbon emissions from the annual burning of the forests contribute to roughly half the annual emissions of the United States, every year. The destruction of the country's rainforests is largely illegal, very wasteful and could be solved with concerted political action. Consumers can play an important part. This site will show you where the produce from Indonesia's rainforests end up, and which companies are involved.  A giant tree showing scarring from nearby logging So why is it happening?Three regions which account for a huge proportion of the world's unsustainable logging of High Conservation Value Forests are Russia (in the Russian far east), Indonesia and the island of Papua. It is estimated by observers that the bulk of this logging is also illegal. All three regions have very little policing of logging practices and corruption is the norm. The countries which buy the produce, Japan and China, appear to be happy to look the other way and accept the cheap produce, which is often convert to disposable plywood and copy paper. What can I do?This site shows you which companies, countries and which sectors buy and consume tropical forest products from the most vulnerable forests in Southeast Asia. Through this website, you can express your concerns to companies complicit in the destruction of nature and the related criminality and violence which are all too often manifest in this trade. ForestAlert.org believes that the best way to minimise such trade is by encouraging the procurement of wood-based products that are legal and from sustainably managed forests. This website provides information to make it easier for consumers, corporate buyers and government to both support this aim and advocate that others do so too. Please get involved, time is running out.
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