As Indonesia cuts forests, fake nature thrives

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 photo, workers sweep dry leaves against the background of banners depicting a forest used to cover a construction site in Jakarta, Indonesia. One of the strange sights in Indonesia, an ecologically rich archipelago of more than 13,000 islands, is its capital's fondness for fake greenery at a time when the country is known for cutting down its precious tropical forests at a record rate. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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In this Saturday, April 15, 2017 photo, people take an escalator adorned with environmental awareness message at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. One of the strange sights in Indonesia, an ecologically rich archipelago of more than 13,000 islands, is its capital's fondness for fake greenery at a time when the country is known for cutting down its precious tropical forests at a record rate. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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In this Friday, March 3, 2017 photo, Muslim women stand inside an elevator decorated with tree wallpapers at a hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia. One of the strange sights in Indonesia, an ecologically rich archipelago of more than 13,000 islands, is its capital's fondness for fake greenery at a time when the country is known for cutting down its precious tropical forests at a record rate. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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In this Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 photo, shoppers walk past artificial trees at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. The metropolitan's gleaming air conditioned malls have a particular fondness for fake forests, erecting plastic ferny extravaganzas where no life thrives or autumnal trees that don't drop any leaves while environmental destruction taking place elsewhere in the nation as palm oil and pulp wood plantations consume ever more land. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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In this Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016 photo, parking attendants chat near a banner covering a construction site at the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia. One of the strange sights in Indonesia, an ecologically rich archipelago of more than 13,000 islands, is its capital's fondness for fake greenery at a time when the country is known for cutting down its precious tropical forests at a record rate. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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In this Tuesday, May 16, 2017 photo, a woman walks past banners covering a construction site in Jakarta, Indonesia. One of the strange sights in Indonesia, an ecologically rich archipelago of more than 13,000 islands, is its capital's fondness for fake greenery at a time when the country is known for cutting down its precious tropical forests at a record rate. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016 photo, a man walks past a mural depicting coconut trees in Jakarta, Indonesia. One of the strange sights in Indonesia, an ecologically rich archipelago of more than 13,000 islands, is its capital's fondness for fake greenery at a time when the country is known for cutting down its precious tropical forests at a record rate. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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In this Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016 photo, a man walks past a wall decorated with artificial plants at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. The metropolitan's gleaming air conditioned malls have a particular fondness for fake trees and forests, creating an irony as the country is known for cutting down its precious tropical forests at a record rate. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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In this Tuesday, March 28, 2017 photo, shoppers take a break under artificial trees at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. The metropolitan's gleaming air conditioned malls have a particular fondness for fake trees and forests, creating an irony as the country is known for cutting down its precious tropical forests at a record rate. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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In this Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 photo, a coffee vendor waits for customers near a patch of metal sheets adorned with stickers depicting a forest used to cover a construction site in Jakarta, Indonesia. The capital's fondness for fake greenery creates a n irony as the country is known for cutting down its precious tropical forests at a record rate. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)