FOREST DESTRUCTION

JAKARTA, 12/10 - DEFORESTATION. (L-R) Jambi's Executive Director of Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) Arif Munandar, Indonesian Conservation Community (KKI Warsi) Programme and Advocacy Manager Diki Kurniawan, Greenpeace Indonesia's Forest Campaigner Rusmadya Maharuddin, and Walhi Riau's Executive Director Hariansyah Usman address the press about what they found during their "Mata Harimau" (Eye of the Tiger) tour in Jakarta, October 12, 2011. Environment activists from Greenpeace, Walhi (Riau and Jambi province) and KKI Warsi who took part in the Eye of the Tiger tour in Sumatra, including the Senepis forest, Rokan Hilir, Tesso Nilo, and Bukit Tigapuluh (the Thirty Hills), found evidence of destruction in the natural forests and peatlands, which are also homes for Sumatran tigers. FOTO ANTARA/Widodo S. Jusuf/Spt/ox/11.