Major mining road could be death knell for Sumatra's lowland rainforests
Journal Contribution ResearchOnline@JCUEngert, Jayden E.;Kartodihardjo, Hariadi;Laurance, William F.
Abstract
Approval of the coal-road project within the Harapan Forest by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry could push Sumatra's imperiled lowland rainforests, and the many species they harbor, markedly closer to the brink of extinction. Failure to protect the last remnants of this hyperdiverse ecosystem, along with downgrading of many environmental protections by the Indonesian government (Jong, 2021), should sound an urgent warning for the future of imperiled rainforests in Sumatra and beyond.
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Biological Conservation
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10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109714