Despite its increasing level of development, Indonesia still has a variety of issues, both environmental and political.
Due to its rainforest environment and mountainous terrain, deforestation is necessary for feeding its entire people, but is also starting to harm the environment. Fires in the rainforests cause smoke and haze, adding to the air pollution of industries in urban areas. Water pollution from industrial waste also surrounds the archipelago, making getting clean water difficult. Also due to its location, Indonesia is prone to many natural disasters. Mostly the environmental issues are because of the rapidly growing economy, coming with rapidly growing demands.
Politically, Indonesia has many problems its newly formed republic is working to fix, such as to improve education, reduce poverty level, prevent terrorism and terrorists, strengthen the new democracy, reduce corruption in the government, address the climate change, hold police and military leaders accountable for human rights violations, and control infectious diseases. Indonesia was under an authoritarian military government for forty years, and just recently gained independence. The issues they faced with it, however, remain through those not accepting the change of government, and still acting with the intensions of the military.
To overcome both categories of issues, Indonesia must find more efficient ways of getting rid of waste, and build up its new democracy by ending the pattern of violating human rights.
Citation: CIA World Factbook and http://www.indexmundi.com/indonesia/environment_current_issues.html.
