Huge forest area damaged: Official

Huge forest area damaged: Official

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: A government official estimated on
Thursday some 450,000 hectares of forest in East Kalimantan had
been damaged or destroyed annually through illegal logging and
plantations.

"The distance between one tree and another has become wider in
about 450,000 hectares of forest, suggesting a huge number of
trees have disappeared from the area," said Robian, the head of
East Kalimantan's Forestry Office.

The province currently has 14.6 million hectares of forest. --
JP