Land Problems in Indonesia: By: Esther, Lish, Jansen, Radith
Land Problems in Indonesia: By: Esther, Lish, Jansen, Radith
Land Problems in Indonesia: By: Esther, Lish, Jansen, Radith
INDONESIA
By: Esther, Lish, Jansen, Radith
Types of Land-Related Environmental Problems
• Land Pollution
• Deforestration
• and many more…
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GP Project- Land Environmental Problems in Indonesia
Lishy Sashimi
Deforestation in Borneo
Facts:
• Taken place since the 1960s
• Borneo, the third largest island in the world, including three countries, was once covered by rainforests
• Peak deforestation occurs between the 80s and 90s due to human activities. One of them includes rapid palm oil production
Positive feedbacks:
• The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation(BOS)’s project bought up nearly 2000 hectares of deforested land and covered it
in alang-alang grass
• It is done to restore the rainforest to rehabilitate orangutans and being a source for the locals
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GP Project- Land Environmental Problems in Indonesia
Es Teh
Land Pollution
Land Pollution: The destruction and contamination of the land through both direct and indirect actions of
humans
What causes land pollution? Effects of Land Pollution
1. Deforestation and soil erosion 1. Ground water poisoning
2. Agricultural chemicals 2. Water nutrient enrichment
3. Industrialization 3. Loss of topsoil
4. Mining 4. Habitat shifting
5. Landfills 5. Increase wildfire dangers
6. Human Sewage
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GP Project- Land Environmental Problems in Indonesia
MasBudz