Protecting Forests Indonesia

Around the world, natural forests are in crisis. Plants and animals that live in them are threatened with extinction. And a lot of people and cultures who depend of forest are also being threatened. But not all is bad news. There is hope to save these forests and save their lives from the ancient world hutan.Hutan very diverse. These forests include the forest-boreal pine forest type in North America, tropical rain forest, sub-tropical forests and forest magrove. Together, they maintain environmental systems that are important to life on earth. They influence weather by controlling rainfall and evaporation of water from the soil. They help stabilize the world's climate by storing large amounts of carbon which, if not saved will contribute to climate change.
These ancient forests are home to millions of people to survive the jungle of the forest-dependent, both physically and spiritually.
These forests are also home to two-thirds of species of plants and animals in the world. Which means hundreds of thousands of plants and trees of different species and millions of insects-their future also depends on ancient forests.
Ancient forests are under threat this amazing. In Brazil alone, more than 87 human culture has been lost; at 10 to 20 years the world seem to be losing thousands of species of plants and animals. But there is one last chance to save these forests and the people and species that depend on it.

quoted from: http://www.greenpeace.org/seasia