2015, rge pledged to halt deforestation and has made significant progress but according to experts in norway and indonesia who track deforestation, these satellite images show some clearing of the rain forest may have continued. edward is a physicist and co-founder of the environmental research ngo earth rise he analyzed images for an area totaling 4,200 square miles controlled by companies that supply wood for rge s viscose. he estimates at least 30 square miles of rain forest have been cleared since late 2015. we can get imagery from 2015 where we can see a healthy rain forest we look again at 2016 or 17, some later year and we see signs that that forest has been destroyed looking later still, we can see the plantations for the pulp wood being put in place. you have gone from one of the most biorich places in the world to what s essentially like a biological desert. reporter: april