Size of forested area temporary released for mining Indonesia 2014-2018

In 2018, almost 100 thousand hectares of forest were authorized by the government to be temporarily used for mining activities. Until 2018, the Indonesian government had authorized about 0.5 million hectares of forest for this purpose. Indonesia has had one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world, with more than 74 million hectares of rainforest burned or degraded in the last 50 years.

于2018年，印尼政府批准了近10万公顷的森林临时用于采矿活动。至2018年，印尼政府已为此目的批准了约50万公顷的森林。印尼是全球森林砍伐率最高的国家之一，在过去50年间，超过7400万公顷的雨林被烧毁或退化。