An investigation conducted by the Kompas daily in Kerinci Seblat National Park (TNKS), located in West Sumatra and Jambi, found illegal transactions involving farmland in protected forests, which is prohibited.

An investigation in the Kerinci Seblat National Park (TNKS) in May 2022, found a number of locations for illegal logging and forest clearing in the national park area.

As of 2020, 700,000 hectares of forests in South Sumatra were in a critical state, from the total 3.46 million ha of forest in the province. Rehabilitation is being conducted by the government and the public.

In Indonesia, there is only a handful of people focusing on the study of basic botanical science in the form of the taxonomy of woody plants. Among that handful is Krisma Lekitoo, a researcher from West Papua.

The world has been busy with the emergence of the generations of the new millennium: Generation Y, those born in 1981-1994, followed by Generation Z, born in 1995-2010. Members of Generation Y have started to emerge in the upper middle class to play a significant role in Indonesia’s forestry.