Man-made disasters<\/p>\n
The tragedy at Bukit Lawang will not be an isolated incident
\nif something drastic is not done to curb the deforestation in
\nIndonesia now.<\/p>\n
The Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS), an NGO connected to the
\nBahorok Orangutan Center since 1994 has been working tirelessly
\nto highlight the rapidity and dangers of forest degradation in
\nLeuser. Recent figures from Conservation International indicate
\nthat Indonesia is losing an area of forest equivalent to the size
\nof six football fields a minute.<\/p>\n
Every minute, every hour, every day! World Bank surveys
\npredict that at current rates there will be no lowland forest
\nleft in Sumatra after 2005. The people who have lost their lives
\nhave paid a high price for the unchecked illegal logging and
\nsubsequent effects of deforestation. Let their deaths not be in
\nvain and the Indonesian government wake up to the
\nreal situation and clamp down effectively on illegal logging.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, we would ask the government to halt an ill-
\nconceived project, the construction of a network of roads known
\nas "Ladia Galaska", currently proposed. The roads cut through
\nprotected and forest areas in the same Leuser ecosystem. It is
\nnothing short of an act of environmental vandalism and will
\nundoubtedly have similar catastrophic effects. With international
\nattention being focused on the Bukit Lawang tragedy, let the
\nlesson of conserving our planet be learned.<\/p>\n
LUCY WISDOM
\nFounding Director Sumatran Orangutan Society
\nBali<\/p>",
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