RIAU
Riau is a province in
Indonesia. located at the center of the island of Sumatra. by 2004, the
province also includes the Riau Islands, a large group of islands (primarily
among other small island of Batam and Bintan islands). This island divided into separate province in July 2004.
The capital and largest city of riau is pekanbaru. Other major cities include
dumai, Selatpanjang, Bagansiapiapi, Bengkalis, Bangkinang, Tembilahan and
Rengat.
Riau is one of the
richest provinces in Indonesia, and it’s resources are dominated by natural
resources, particularly oil, natural gas, rubber, palm oil and plantation
fiber. However, rampant deforestation has reduced the forest area
significantly, from 78% in 1982 to only 33% in 2005 on average 160,000 hektere depleted
forests are felled every year, leaving 22% or 2.45 million hectares in 2009.
deforestation with the aim of opening gardens of palm oil and paper production
have caused the acid mist is very disturbing in the province for many years,
and spread to neighboring countries such as malaysia and Singapore.
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