This article discusses the effects of globalization and capitalism on the occurrence of forest destruction in Indonesia. This research uses the theory of globalization and capitalism. The problem in this research is how globalization and capitalism influence forest destruction in Indonesia. This study aims to describe the factors that cause forest destruction in Indonesia. The results showed that all forest damage that occurred in Indonesia was caused by the growing process of globalization that encouraged the capitalists to compete to invest their capital in order to enrich themselves without regard to the impact that would be felt by humans and other living creatures.