Name: Indonesia forest loss surges 66% in 2025, report shows
Uploaded: 2026-03-31T17:01:35.000Z
Duration: 2 min 6 s

Forest loss in Indonesia surged by 66% in 2025, its highest rate in eight years.

印尼在2025年的森林流失量激增了66%，創下八年來的新高。

That's according to environmental group Oreganus Antara.

這是根據環保團體Oreganus Antara的說法。

On Tuesday, it said weak environmental protections and an ambitious drive towards food and energy self-sufficiency were to blame.

該團體週二表示，薄弱的環保措施以及追求糧食和能源自給自足的雄心勃勃的目標是罪魁禍首。

Indonesia has some of the world's thickest forests and most biodiverse regions across its thousands of islands,

印尼擁有世界上最茂密的森林和最多樣化的生態區域，遍佈其數千個島嶼，

but it leans heavily on mining and palm plantations to support its $1.4 trillion economy, the biggest in Southeast Asia.

但它嚴重依賴礦業和棕櫚油種植園來支撐其價值1.4兆美元的經濟，這是東南亞最大的經濟體。

Forest loss had slowed down since it peaked in 2016, when around 2.5 million acres were cleared,

自2016年達到高峰以來，森林流失的速度已經放緩，當時約有250萬英畝的森林被砍伐，

but Orega said it's been speeding up again.

但Orega表示，這個速度又開始加快了。

And last year, the group said there was a dramatic jump: more than a million acres were cleared compared to under 650,000 in 2024.

該組織表示，去年出現了戲劇性的增長：與2024年不到65萬英畝相比，去年砍伐了超過100萬英畝。

Orega's Director of Information and Data, Dedi Sukmara, said the government has allocated nearly 52 million acres of forest area for food and energy security programs.

Orega的資訊與數據總監Dedi Sukmara表示，政府已撥出近5200萬英畝的森林面積用於糧食和能源安全計畫。

Nearly 193,000 acres of food reserve forest were cleared last year, according to Orega's calculations.

根據Orega的計算，去年有近19.3萬英畝的糧食儲備林被砍伐。

That's an area about the size of New York City.

這差不多是紐約市那麼大的面積。

The scale of forest loss raises worries of environmental disasters, with deforestation linked to a higher risk of landslides.

森林流失的規模讓人擔心環境災難，森林砍伐與山體滑坡的風險增加有關。

Orega said there were dramatic increases in forest land cleared in three Sumatran provinces hit hard by deadly floods and landslides last year.

Orega表示，去年在三個遭受嚴重洪災和山體滑坡的蘇門答臘省份，森林砍伐的面積出現了戲劇性的增長。

The group warned that should prompt the government to take corrective action.

該組織警告，這應該促使政府採取糾正措施。

Indonesia's Forestry Ministry told Reuters it would strengthen measures to control deforestation.

印尼林業部告訴路透社，他們將加強措施來控制森林砍伐。

Sukmara said there are ways for current business models to manage forests without cutting them down.

Sukmara表示，現有的商業模式有辦法在不砍伐森林的情況下進行管理。

He's pushing the government to protect natural forests and move businesses away from extractive practices.

他正在推動政府保護天然森林，並引導企業遠離開採性做法。

"If our president is bold enough," he added, "Indonesia could become a good example for other tropical countries."

他補充說：「如果我們的總統夠有膽識，印尼就能成為其他熱帶國家的良好榜樣。」