Tsunami Rebuilding, Part 1
On January 27, 2005, environmentalists warned that a possible deforestation of Indonesia would result from removing too much lumber in an effort to rebuild the area after the tsunami of December 2004. Deforestation would cause landslides and flooding.
Greenomics Indonesia, a policy research organization, and WWF, a global conservation organization, produced a report stating that 4 to 8 million cubic meters of logs are needed for reconsruction in Aceh for the next five years. The institutions would like to have Indonesia receive an average of 1 million cubic meters of wood per year. They are requesting that pledged worldwide donations should be given to Indonesia in the form of lumber.
The institutes state that donations of lumber would easily be met by foreign countries. The organizations claim that receiving donations of lumber would allow Indonesia to avoid overly harvesting its forests. The organizations state that much of the lumber made for worldwide sale in recent years has been from illegal logging.
An example of excessive recent deforestation in Indonesia is the 2004 flood that killed 300 people in Aceh. An investigation found that the flood was caused by illegal logging in the highland forests.
According to the National Geographic, the report published by Greenomics Indonesia and WWF also mentions plans of reconstructing low-cost housing that uses less lumber than conventional buildings. It states that these plans include brick structures and earthquake-resistant buildings using sustainable materials. Indonesia's Research Institute for Human Settlements is reported to have developed the plans.
I was unable to access any information from Indonesia's Research Institute for Human Settlements because all my links showed no access to a server. I have been searching for any information regarding reconstruction using concrete earthquake and flood-proof dome structures for the areas hit by last year’s tsunami.
On deforestation of Indonesia:
WWF Indosia:
United Nations Human Settlements Programme:
posted by GS @ 5/09/2005 10:40:00 PM
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