HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
What is the relationship between humans and the environment?
The environment of Indonesia can benefit and affect the country. For example, if there are some environmental issues like forest fires, this will decrease the number of tourism going to Indonesia will decrease because they do not want to feel the smoke and haze from that forest fires. Indonesia is also known by its rich nature, if the nature is being destroyed, animals can be gone and this also decrease tourist to go to Indonesia. If the tourist decreases, it will affect the country’s economy. However, if we could keep the country clean and stop this environmental issue, we will gain more tourists. One of the environmental problems in Indonesia is pollution; it can also affect the tourism.
This is the picture of one of the environmental issue in Indonesia, which is the smoke and haze from the forest fires that happen in Indonesia. The smoke of these forest fires can go overseas. One of the biggest forest fires in Indonesia is in 2013 in the province of Riau. Hundreds of schools and local airports was closed because of the poisonous smoke and haze. The smoke and haze of this forest fire have resulted respiratory distress to more than 50,000 people.
This is another environmental issue in Indonesia, which is deforestation. Deforestation is clearing forests and trees in Earth on a huge or massive scale. People in Indonesia cut down trees to produce money, natural resources and make things out of wood. Deforestation in Indonesia has effect the habitat to a million species of animals. Trees provide us oxygen to breathe and live. This issue should be solved. One of the species that is endangered is Orangutan and Sumatran Rhino.