The Tropical Rainforest Indonesia

• Indonesia was the fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases in 2015
• Indonesia is a 16th biggest economy, the largest in Southeast Asia.
• Indonesia's emissions stem from deforestation and Peat land mega fires and to a lesser extent, the burning of fossil fuse fuels for energy
• Indonesia is home to 10%, to 15% of all known plants
• Deforestation is mainly due to the Palm oil industry
• 53% of the worlds Palm oil is produced in Indonesia.
• 3.7 million are employed in the Palm oil industry
• From from the year 2000 to 2015, Indonesia lost an average of 498,000 hectares of forest each year
• Indonesia contains 10% of the worlds tropical rainforests and 36% of the world's tropical peat lands
• Peat lands are wet and swampy environment's with soil that can hold 20 times more carbon than other types of plants. They also hold the equivalent of nearly 3 years of global fossil fuel emissions.
• The practice of draining peatlands has caused it to become more flammable as they are left to dry
• Indonesia's peak lands hold at least 57 billion tonnes of carbon. In comparison to the Amazon rainforest, which holds 86 billion tonnes.
• 75000 people in Indonesia are already suffering from upper respiratory diseases.
• 30%-40% carbon emissions annually
• The carbon emissions have affected neighbouring countries such as Malaysia and Singapore
• 240 people have died due to the increase in emissions