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Depletion Of Biodiversity In Indonesia |
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by Fitrotur Rofiqoh | 25-05-2022 00:20
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Globally, Indonesia is significant in terms of its rich biodiversity and biological resources. With terrestrial, freshwater and marine domains, Indonesia is a country with the highest biological diversity and is considered one of 17 megadiverse countries (countries with very high diversity), with 2 of the world's 25 biodiversity hotspots. Having 10% of the world's tall plant species, Indonesia is ranked as one of the world's centers of agrobiodiversity. For faunal diversity, approximately 12% of the world's mammals (515 species) exist in Indonesia, placing it second only to Brazil, at the global level. Having around 16% of the world's reptiles (791b species), and 35 primate species, Indonesia ranks fourth in the world for both categories. Moreover, with 17% of the world's bird species (1,592 species) and 270 species of amphibians, Indonesia ranks fifth and sixth respectively. While being home to the greatest diversity of land-based species in Indonesia, the forests have been drastically reduced through uncontrolled logging and widespread forest fires, which have severely fragmented and degraded forest ecosystems. Peak deforestation from forests and peatlands is leading to a reduction in the country's biodiversity. The depletion of Indonesia's biodiversity puts an estimated 40 million Indonesians living in rural areas at risk of losing their livelihood base.
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Hello Fitrotur, this is your mentor Joon.
Even though Indonesia has one of the highest biodiversity, it is struggling to keep it due to various reasons. Though we cannot estimate the natural reasons such as forest fires which outbreaks naturally, we could control other artificial reasons. It is quite troublesome and tedious to control every factors, yet it is absolutely necessary in order to preserve what Indonesia has. Restrictions on factories should be the first to be implemented. Hope Indonesia could keep up with what it has.
Well read your article, and let's keep up!
Best,
Joon
Posted 26-05-2022 13:51
Hello Fitrotur, this is your mentor Chelwoon.
Thank you for introducing us to biodiversity in Indonesia! Many figures mentioned in this article helped me estimate the extent of the biodiversity in Indonesia. Ironically, Indonesia is always mentioned as one of the countries suffering from many types of pollution. About a week ago, I read another article about the biodiversity in Southeast Asia. It pointed out the efforts of many governments in Southeast Asia that do not keep up with the fast decline in biodiversity. I hope we can save biodiversity in Southeast Asia with proper measurements.
Thank you for the article!
Regards,
Chelwoon
Posted 26-05-2022 02:28