Overview

Studies undertaken by Indonesia’s Directorate-General of Forestry Planology and Environmental Administration at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (“Ministry”) throughout 2019 revealed a total of 465,500 hectares of gross deforestation. Meanwhile, during the previous year, total deforestation reached 493,300 hectares. As a result, the Ministry is claiming that this drop in total deforestation demonstrates the success of recent efforts that it has made to reduce the overall deforestation rate across Indonesia.[1]