Bali Declaration hopes to save Indonesia's biodiversity from deforestation
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 12:14
in Earth & Climate
Indonesia has some of the richest biological diversity of any nation on Earth; however, it is threatened with losing it to forest destruction. In reaction, more than 900 scientists from around the world, including those from the Smithsonian Institution, recently came together as members of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation to release "The Bali Declaration," which calls for urgent efforts to slow rampant deforestation in Indonesia.