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World's largest deforestation project fells forests for bioethanol fuel, sugar and rice in Indonesia
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 project, which environmental watchdogs say is the largest current planned deforestation operation in the world. Indonesia is a vast tropical archipelago stretching across the equator and home to the world’s third-largest rainforest. Its president, Prabowo Subianto, has expanded plantation projects to include crops to produce bioethanol, a renewable fuel made from plants like sugar cane or corn, in pursuit of the country's ambition to improve its energy mix and develop more renewable sources.
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