Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Curran, L. M.
• Trigg, S. N.
• McDonald, A. K.
• Astiani, D.
• Hardiono, Y. M.
• Siregar, P.
• Caniago, I.
• Kasischke, E.

Titel

Lowland Forest Loss in Protected Areas of Indonesian Borneo

Ist Teil von

• Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2004-02, Vol.303 (5660), p.1000-1003

Ort / Verlag

Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

Science Online_科学在线

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The ecology of Bornean rainforests is driven by El Niño-induced droughts that trigger synchronous fruiting among trees and bursts of faunal reproduction that sustain vertebrate populations. However, many of these species- and carbon-rich ecosystems have been destroyed by logging and conversion, which increasingly threaten protected areas. Our satellite, Geographic Information System, and field-based analyses show that from 1985 to 2001, Kalimantan's protected lowland forests declined by more than 56% (>29,000 square kilometers). Even uninhabited frontier parks are logged to supply international markets. "Protected" forests have become increasingly isolated and deforested and their buffer zones degraded. Preserving the ecological integrity of Kalimantan's rainforests requires immediate transnational management.