Indonesian Environmental

Indonesian region has a high diversity of living things that by some Indonesian ecological region known as the "Mega biodiversity" or "high diversity of living things" commonly known as the Indomalaya or Malesia based on research that 10 percent of plants, 12 per cent of mammals, 16 percent of reptiles , 17 per cent of birds, 25 percent of fish in the world live in Indonesia, while Indonesia only 1.3 wide   % Of land area on Earth. Wealth beings Indonesia ranks third after Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

However, Guinness World Records in 2008 Indonesia had a record as the country's fastest rate of deforestation in the world. Each year, Indonesia loses 1.8 million hectares of forest. Damage that occurs in the upstream region (forest) was also damage in downstream areas (coastal). According to Down The Earth, a project of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Indonesian maritime sector has triggered the conversion of massive mangrove forests into aquaculture areas. Though mangroves, besides serves to protect the coast from erosion, is a good habitat for many species of fish. Destruction of mangroves has resulted in fishermen have fished with farther distances and increase their operational costs in finding fish. In addition, the destruction of mangrove forests also lead to increasing vulnerability of coastal areas of Indonesia to the sea ebb and flood, especially in the rainy season.