lets save our mother nature

No one can say exactly what it looks like when the planet takes ill, sometimes we do not realize what it caused. The massive exploration is dominated by businessman without considering the result. Forestry is the Indonesian economy's second biggest earner after oil and gas. Illegal mining and illegal logging are being trend in this country. This chance is used to increasing the great personal profit. There are many regulations that arrange these illegal activities but sometimes it does not work. The collision happened everywhere, it looks like that there is no regulation from government which to arrange. Many of Indonesia's forests have been badly damaged by legal or illegal deforesting. Uncontrolled exploitation has opened up the forest canopy and, in the absence of rain the forest has become tinder dry. The police capture many businessmen who are doing illegal mining and illegal Logging. But the punishment are not given courage them. Now, government issued illegal mining and illegal logging rule in every mass communication.
Ministry of Forestry recently claimed that timber theft and illegal logging have destroyed and estimated 10 million ha of Indonesian forests. In 50 years period, Indonesian primeval forest experience decrease about 64 million hectare. The opening of primeval forest destroys various kinds of flora and fauna. The forests become bare caused of readiness about 20 millions m3 formal local wood but demand overseas about 60 millions m3 (2000).
If the government doesn’t act quickly after 10 years, Sumatera forest might be destroyed in 2005 and following destroy Borneo forest in 2010. Forest management in 2002 did not show sign of correction if we compare with the year before. In the fact, it worst then before. Burning forest still happened, illegal logging and illegal mining our forest made worse in 2002. The rate of forest loss is accelerating. On average, about 1 million ha per year were cleared in the 1980s, rising to about 1.7 million ha per year in the first part of the 1990s. Since 1996, deforestation has increased to an average of 2 million ha per year.


3 primary factors that accelerate forest disaster are illegal logging, deforesting (illegal or legal) and burning forest. In Indonesia illegal logging is a massive problem that has resulted in undermining the rule of law and substantial revenues to the state. It encourages forest crimes, and it has serious economic and social implications to the poor and disadvantageous.
Forest opening with burning way, will increase big problem in forest disaster. An El Nino effect periodically every 2-7 years make worst this forest condition. During January – October 2002, 45% point of all burning forest is in Riau province. In October 2002 it was happened significantly increasing forest burning in Riau province, west Sumatera and Jambi. Forest fire gives us much disadvantage. More than 5 million ha of forest burned in 1994 and another 4.6 million ha burned in 1997-1998. Large-scale plantation owners have turned to the use of fire as a cheap and easy means of clearing forest for further planting. Smoke from forest fires and land clearance has choked Central Kalimantan for three months, causing serious health, transport and economic problems.
The local economy has been crippled. Transportation by road around Palangkaraya and south to Banjarmasin in neighboring South Kalimantan has been hampered by thick smoke. More significantly, river transportation the major means of distributing most goods in Central Kalimantan has been badly affected as boat owners and passengers fear collisions. Palangkaraya's Tjilik Riwut Airport has been closed by smoke since August. An Air force Hercules managed to land with a shaken party of government ministers and foreign diplomats on October 14th in visibility under 300m. Fires and smoke could be seen from the Trans Kalimantan highway as early as July, where fires had been burning for several weeks.
West Kalimantan and Riau have also been badly affected. The problems have been worst in Central Kalimantan, which has been hit even harder than in 1997. Palangkaraya has suffered from thick smoke continuously since mid-August. By October there were 400 to 500 hot spots (clusters of fires) around the provincial capital. With visibility down to 100m most mornings, vehicles crept along with their headlights on. On the worst days people could see less than 5m.
Education has been disrupted as the authorities eventually ordered schools to close for days or weeks at a time. Work hours at a number of government and commercial offices were cut. Forest fires are still burning in many areas of Central Kalimantan. People were waiting for rains to extinguish the fires and clear the air. Local government agencies had distributed thousands of free masks to motorists and pedestrians by early August and people wore home made masks, although these provide little protection. Air pollution levels were still above the hazardous 1,000 levels on the PSI scale by mid-October (above 100 is classified 'unhealthy').
As usual, prevailing winds have blown the haze to neighboring Singapore and Malaysia. Visibility in parts of Kuala Lumpur and other areas in central and southern Peninsular Malaysia is said to have fallen to 50 percent below normal. Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand have all complained about the fires, but the Indonesia government's feeble/weak response is to appeal for "understanding and assistance". In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's biggest city and its financial capital, traffic slowed to a crawl as nothing could be seen beyond a distance of one kilometer (a half mile). The acrid smell of burning vegetation filled the air.
There are many ways to rescue our forest.
1. Issued illegal logging regulation is the best way to increase these criminal activities. Illegal logging protection had already done by the government. Include foreign interfere which ready to refuse not to buy deforesting result. Even though this regulation has been issued, illegal logging were still happened in several islands. Many thieves were caught in the act but they always repeat their activities.
2. Strengthen market signals to expand wood production supply. These efforts were done to reduce illegal wood delivery to another countries. Increasing human resources for the aim to develop handicraft.
3. Forbidding forest destruction. Actually, there are many ways to put out forest fire in our country. Not only bad field condition but also long distance forest fire makes difficult to extinguish forest fire. Protecting forest fire has been done from the air or the ground. Such as chemistry material and extinguish fire grenade. Besides that, bombing ways was done from the air with Hercules Transtall C-160 aircraft. Dry season now days, fire extinguish isn’t correct to do. But the important to do are prevention, people education and issued forest useless policy. Therefore rain season is the best way to extinguish forest fire.
4. Keep everlasting reforestation. Technically, this way is the most effective from the others. Especially city forest production.
That’s why, efforts to stop deforestation does not enough only just stop activity which to damage forest but also the efforts to develop this forest. Celebration of earth day should make all off people to think deeply. This celebration does not just only being cheerful ceremonial without get the meaning. Flood and slide case have to being lessons for all people. Don’t let the opinion to prevent forest disaster in Indonesia just started after people who injured.