This news article by the Korea Herald details the effects of deforestation on Indonesia’s richly biodiverse rainforests:
God’s New Message advocates that half of the world’s forests should be protected.
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Satellite images have found that Indonesia’s ancient forests, a cradle of biodiversity and a buffer against climate change, have shrunk much faster than thought, scientists said on Sunday.
Between 2000 and 2012, Indonesia lost around 6.02 million hectares of primary forest, an area almost the size of Sri Lanka, they reported.
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The researchers found that primary forest loss accelerated during the period under review, reaching an annual 840,000 hectares by 2012 ― nearly twice the deforestation rate of Brazil, which was 460,000 hectares in the same year.
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I hope and pray the people running our world wake up to the problems their children are going to face in the near future. I pray for a miracle but I fear it’s too late because what has been going on will continue until there are no major forest left. Russia is still the largest country in our world but they will see their forest cut just like the rest of the world. Let us ask God to forgive these people behind the devastation they are creating and the rest of the people for buying the lumber.