Strengthening Forest Management Unit for Sustainable Forest Management and Community Empowerment - TCP/INS/3602
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Indonesian forests are home to some of the mostbiologically diverse forests in the world. The total forestarea in the country is 124 million ha.Forests play a critical role in community welfare. As such,the Government promotes the use and management offorest resources to support national development goalsin a manner that is environmentally sustainable,economically viable and socially equitable.To date, deforestation, illegal logging, forestencroachment and forest fires have been a majorproblem in the forestry sector. According to FAO’sGlobal Forest Resources Assessment 2015, the rate ofdeforestation remains alarmingly high. It was reportedthat Indonesia underwent annual forest loss of684 000 ha between 2010 and 2015, a figure secondonly to Brazil in terms of the rate of annual forestreduction in the last five years.