Jakarta – After three years post-tsunami reconstruction in Aceh has resulted in worsening deforestation, Greenomics Indonesia says.

The non-government organization said in its release international donors failed to translate their campaign against global warming into action in their reconstruction program in the country's westernmost province.

The Aceh Nias Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (BRR) which is coordinating the mega-project, as well as the international organizations involved, had instead accelerated the deforestation, the NGO reported, citing the use of timber without legal verification.

"The Aceh reconstruction has disrupted the forest ecosystem, which has protected the life of four million people in a sustainable way," the national coordinator Greenomics Indonesia Vanda Mutia Dewi said.

She said the floods that hit six regencies in Aceh last December were a result of the diminished forests in the area.