Where the logging ends in Indonesian Borneo, the forest clearing begins
▻https://news.mongabay.com/2020/03/where-the-logging-ends-in-indonesian-borneo-the-forest-clearing-begin
https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/03/04080219/bornean-orangutan-768x512.jpg Logging for timber by definition reduces tree cover. But what happens when logging stops? A new study has found that in concessions where timber firms have stopped operating, deforestation actually appears to increase, thanks to illegal clearing for agriculture and industrial plantations.
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