Deforestation

Belitung regency to curb rapid pace of deforestation

Indra Harsaputra , The Jakarta Post , Bangka Belitung | Mon, 11/02/2009 1:47 PM | The Archipelago

The Belitung regency administrator in Bangka Belitung province is going to develop the tourism, the agriculture and the fishery, but for do that they need to chop down the trees in the area, which is also caused by extensive tin mining in the area.

The National Socio Economic Survey in 2006 says that 30.6% of the 1,074,775 people living in Bangka Belitung Island province were engaged in the tin mining sector, Bangka Belitung Island is the biggest tin producer in Indonesia, the people living there produce 70% of the annual national total production which is 3355,870 tons.

By: Marta 7A