Indonesia has a special forest that is not much owned by other countries, namely tropical forests. This existence makes the position of Indonesia as a rich country but like a double-edged ax. One side of wealth can prosper the community through stored economic potential, but the other side can harm the community through the threat of danger if not managed properly.
In addition to supporting biodiversity and forest-dependent communities, tropical rainforests play a vital role in the global climate with their ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a gas that experts believe causes global warming. Forest trees are a component that can absorb carbon sequestration and turn it into oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. The carbon absorbed is converted into biomass (carbon sink) and stored in the system as carbon stock. Tropical rain forests are the best carbon sinks compared to other ecosystems. Tropical rainforests also play a role in creating local weather conditions by making rain and regulating the temperature.
Tropical rainforests have a good ability to absorb and store water that can be buffered from global floods and droughts. When the rainy season arrives, tropical rainforests can reduce water runoff through the stratification of multiple layers so that most of the water remains in the ecosystem. Whereas when the dry season arrives, the lack of water can be covered from the reserves obtained during the rainy season.
Indonesia's tropical forests are the last home and hideaway for the unique biodiversity of the world. Biodiversity contained in Indonesia's forests. Indonesia's forests - totally stores 289 gigatons of carbon and plays an important role in safeguarding the stability of the world's climate.
forest destruction is the reduced extent of forest area due to damage to the forest ecosystem. This definition is also often called forest degradation and added also deforestation and conversion of forest land or deforestation term. Forest destruction with great intensity adversely affects forest ecosystems, but forest destruction has a positive impact on sustainable regeneration within forests.
Indonesia's Forest Degradation or the greatest threat to natural forests in Indonesia is illegal logging, conversion of forests into fields or plantations, forest fires and unsustainable forest exploitation both for settlement development, industry, and forest encroachment. And the increasingly severe forest destruction caused disruption of the forest ecosystem and surrounding environment.
Factors that cause forest destruction are:
Forest fires
Illegal logging
Illegal logging
Transmigration
Convert kerosene to gas
Impact of forest destruction:
The function of the forest as a reservoir of ground water will be disturbed by forest destruction
Reduced leaves with thick humus, remaining only drought.
Forest destruction will cause the extinction of flora and fauna.
There was erosion and flooding
The damaged forest means the source of oxygen will be reduced.The loss of community culture cirikhas
Due to Forest Destruction:
Disruption of hydrological system
Loss is economically viable
Loss of biodiversity or diversity of flora and fauna
Climate change and global warming
Damage to terrestrial and marine ecosystems
To reduce the impact of forest destruction, there are various ways that can be done, one of which is by reforestation and forest rehabilitation, and this requires cooperation from all parties, from government, related agencies, NGOs, to the forest edge community.
