ndonesia experienced a significant increase in deforestation in 2024, with approximately 175,400 hectares of forest cover lost, marking a rise of 54,300 ha from the previous year. This development interrupts a decade-long trend of declining deforestation rates, according to the Forestry Ministry.
Agus Budi Santosa, the ministry’s director for forest resource inventory and monitoring, disclosed the latest figures during a press conference in Jakarta on Monday.
He reported that the total gross deforestation for…