No accurate data on forests<\/p>\n
AMBON: The Ministry of Forestry -- assigned to manage the
\ncountry's forests -- has no accurate data concerning provincial
\nforests, let alone the deforestation rate, says an official.<\/p>\n
"We need an accurate data base," Boen Purnama, who heads the
\nforestry planning body said here on Wednesday, without
\nelaboration.<\/p>\n
Boen was visiting Ambon to mark the commencement of the
\ndevelopment of an information system, to enable the Maluku
\nforestry agency to make an inventory of forests in the province.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has lost more than 75 percent of its forests over
\nthe past few decades, leaving only 60 million hectares at
\npresent. Over the past five years, some 43 million hectares of
\nIndonesia's forests, or the equivalent of more than half of
\nKalimantan Island, has been destroyed.<\/p>\n
The World Bank predicts that if the current rapid pace of
\ndeforestation continues, Indonesia could lose Sumatra's forests
\nin 2005, with Kalimantan's to follow within five more years.
\n-- Antara<\/p>",
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