o Sumatra has one of the highest rate of natural forest’ loss in the world, among others due to forest conversion to unsustainable pulp & paper, palm oil, and other agriculture production, and illegal logging.
o Between 1985 and 2008, the island has lost 12.5 million hectares of natural forest, almost fifty percent loss in 23 years. By 2008, Sumatra Island had only 29% forest cover (12.8 million hectares) of its total area.
o It is estimated that Sumatra forests contain the largest store of peat carbon in Southeast Asia with an estimated 19 gigatons of carbon under its peat forests.
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