The likely impact includes forestconversionto agricultural land, a drop in biological diversity as a result of monocropping and the massive use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, unsustainable levels of water abstraction and a greater risk of water-related conflicts with local communities and neighbouring States sharing the same transboundary river systems.
Selective logging and conversion of rain forest habitat to agricultural land are the greatest threats to the survival of the white-collared lemur, together with hunting, according to the IUCN website.
Recently, Indonesia's government announced a two-year moratorium on primary forest and peat landconversion as part of its commitment to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.