Forests

Indonesia has some of the richest forests in the world. The total area of forested land is approximately 120 million hectares. IndonesiaThe leaves of the forests trees fall to the ground and become humus (fertilizer for soil). The forests are also important for preventing erosion and flood. Their function also can be as places for recreation, hiking, sightseeing, fishing, hunting, camping, and other outdoor activities. You can look many wonderful scenery and many kinds of green trees. forests are fertile. They are good for plants to grow. It produces, rice, tea, coffee, maize, cassava, copra, sugar, cloves, and pepper. The forest so provide us with wood houses, ships, furniture and raw material to make paper and cloth. The other products are rattan, timber and resin. They also provide food for a large population of animals.

We will talk about one of the most famous forest that is Sumatra forests in Sumatra Island. Sumatra is located between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. There are eight provinces in Sumatra. It has a lot of forest. Sumatra’s land is fertile. It is produces coconut, pepper, tobacco, fiber cacao and oil palm. Sumatra’s forest is famous for its animals. Its wild life is more varied than any other forest in Indonesia. The forest in Sumatra Island contains 176 different mammals, 194 reptiles, 62 amphibians and 150 different birds. Orang utan, rhinos and wild pigs are found only on the north of the island. The Tapir and certain species of Monkey are found only in the south of the island.

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