World’s largest deforestation project fells forests for bioethanol fuel, sugar and rice in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenous groups who rely on the land to survive.
Local communities say they’re already experiencing harm from the government-backed project, which environmental watchdogs say is the largest current planned deforestation operation in the world.
A vast tropical archipelago stretching across the equator, Indonesia is home to the world’s third-largest rainforest, home to many endangered species of wildlife and plants, including orangutans, elephants and giant горски цветя. Някои живеят на никое място другаде.
Индонезия построява хранителни парцели, солидни насаждения, предопределени да подобрят продоволствената сигурност на страната от десетилетия, с друго равнище на триумф. Концепцията беше възродена от някогашния президент Джоко Видодо по време на администрацията му 2014-2024.
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