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Forest logging on Seram Island Makin Marak

Liputan6.com, Seram: Logging on Seram Island, Maluku, increasingly worsen. Act of citizens and companies that conduct illegal logging on forests in this island can no longer containable. They are like left free to perform the forbidden activities.

Various types of trees falling in many places. Residents call this action to support their family life. Some can even send their children to college than the result of cutting down trees like this.

Not only the residents, a number of companies engaged in oil palm plantations were involved in the logging and forest plunder in one of the largest island in Maluku province. This illegal activity is left impressed by the local government.

Logging resulted in endangerment of life thousands of species of flora and fauna that exist on the island of Seram. One of these birds older brother who is the pride residents feel Ceram. Even more alarming deforestation has approached Manusela Mountain National Park. As a result of illegal logging caused half of the total forest in Maluku Province amounted to 750 thousand hectares are severely damaged. (IAN)