Rising forest loss puts Kalimantan at higher disaster risk

JAKARTA – Deforestation driven by the expansion of pulpwood plantations is increasingly threatening Kalimantan, a new report has found, raising fears of repeating the devastating floods and landslides that recently hit northern Sumatra and claimed hundreds of lives.

The report, issued on Dec 10 by global environmental non-governmental organisation Trase, found that the pulp industry across Indonesia had cleared more than 13,000ha of natural forests in 2024.