Editing Aceh (section)

== Biodiversity ==
[[File:Hutan Gunung Leuser Aceh.jpg|[[Mount Leuser]] Forest|thumb|200px]]
Aceh has the largest range of biodiversity in the Asian Pacific region.<ref name="RTRW">{{Cite news |author1=Simanjuntak, Hotli |author2=Sangaji, Ruslan |date=20 May 2013 |title=Scientists urged to stand up for Aceh's biodiversity |newspaper=The Jakarta Post |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/03/20/sciencists-urged-stand-aceh-s-biodiversity.html |access-date=6 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505232730/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/03/20/sciencists-urged-stand-aceh-s-biodiversity.html |archive-date=5 May 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> including the [[Gunung Leuser National Park]], 7,927 km2 national park that stretches across the border between Aceh and North Sumatra provinces<ref>World Database on Protected Areas: [http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=1251&level=nat Entry of Gunung Leuser National Park] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929222746/http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=1251&level=nat |date=2007-09-29}}</ref> The national park, located in the Barisan mountains, is close to [[Mount Leuser]] (3,119 m) and protects a variety of ecosystems, among the rarer large mammals are the [[Sumatran rhinoceros]], [[Sumatran tiger]], [[Orangutan]] and [[Sumatran elephant]].<ref name="RTRW" /> In 2014, there were 460 Sumatran elephants in Aceh including at least eight baby elephants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jogja.tribunnews.com/2014/08/19/gajah-sumatera-hanya-tersisa-460-ekor-di-aceh/ |title=Gajah Sumatera Hanya Tersisa 460 Ekor di Aceh |date=19 August 2014 |access-date=19 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821054841/http://jogja.tribunnews.com/2014/08/19/gajah-sumatera-hanya-tersisa-460-ekor-di-aceh/ |archive-date=21 August 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The area has been suffering from [[deforestation]] since the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite journal |author=McGregor, Andrew |year=2010 |title=Green and REDD? Towards a Political Ecology of Deforestation in Aceh, Indonesia |journal=Human Geography |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=21–34 |doi=10.1177/194277861000300202 |s2cid=132046525|doi-access=free}}</ref> The first [[Wood-pulp|wood pulp]] mill in Aceh was built in 1982.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=2000 |title=Aceh: ecological war zone |journal=Down to Earth |issue=47 |url=http://www.downtoearth-indonesia.org/story/aceh-ecological-war-zone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303191739/http://www.downtoearth-indonesia.org/story/aceh-ecological-war-zone |archive-date=3 March 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> The government of Aceh intends a law by which 1.2 million hectares would be opened for commercial use.<ref name="thejakartapost">{{cite web |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/05/19/global-calls-save-aceh-forest.html |title=Global calls to save Aceh forest |author=The Jakarta Post |work=The Jakarta Post |access-date=17 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185237/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/05/19/global-calls-save-aceh-forest.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> This proposal has caused many protests.<ref name="thejakartapost" />