Indonesia Forest

Diversity of fauna in Indonesia is very high this is supported with the land, geographic location and climate conditions. This plus the diversity of plants as a habitat for animals. Forest destruction and the habitat that is home to animals still continues, so too with the hunting, catching, pollution, and others. One of the efforts to protect animals from extinction is a threat to the Law of Conservation of Natural Resources and Life Ekosistemnya. Until now, the number of animals that have been protected by law is 100 kinds of mammals, 246 birds and 29 reptilia, 6 kinds of fresh fish, and 20 types of butterfly and 15 species of marine animals vertebrata endangered have been reserved.

Each year, the Indonesian Government to consent to the clearing 1.8 million hectares of forest, or the same extent with the broad island of Bali. Not only that, Indonesia also predicate the state's fastest forest by the Guinness World Record.

Indonesia has a diversity of flora and fauna, more species than the number of Africa. Ten percent (10%) of all flowering plant species in Indonesia (+ / - 27,500 species in Australia), 12% types of mammal in the world, 16% type of reptilia and amphibia of the world (+ / - 1539 species), 25% species of fish in the world and 17% birds in the world. Among these species there are 430 species of birds and 200 mammals that does not exist in other places and only in Indonesia, for example orangutans, Komodo biawak, sumatera tiger, rhinoceros bred, rhinoceros sumatera and several types of birds (birds of paradise). (Source: BAPPENAS. Biodiversity Action Plan for Indonesia, 1993 & World Conservation Monitoring Committee, 1994).

Tropical rain forest in Indonesia consists of many tree. Approximately 4,000 species that grow on the formation of various types of forests and forest and are known around 400 species of trees have been known commercial timber value.