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Dealing also applies to developmental factors. The population growth that occurs every
year causes infrastructure facilities to be provided to accommodate the increase. Existing urban
areas are too crowded and forest areas need to be built to create roads, housing and new urban
planning. The highway that provides land transportation to facilitate and shorten the journey is
built on the reduced forest area (Nasa Earth Observatory, n.d.). Government policies aiming to
encourage more foreign tourists to come to Indonesia cause forest areas to be converted into resorts
or resorts as well as airport constructions that require extensive space.
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