Indonesia says will halt forest destruction for rice paddies
- JAKARTA: Indonesia said on Tuesday (Oct 6) it will halt a project to raze several million hectares of forest to clear land for rice production, saying it had reached self-sufficiency levels of the staple grain.
- The government launched a programme in 2024 to stop relying on rice imports within five years by clearing three million hectares of land for paddies.
- Indonesia is one of the world's most forested countries, and as such a major absorber of planet-warming carbon emissions from mankind's burning of fossil fuel.
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- JAKARTA: Indonesia said on Tuesday (Oct 6) it will halt a project to raze several million hectares of forest to clear land for rice production, saying it had reached self-sufficiency levels of the staple grain.
- The government launched a programme in 2024 to stop relying on rice imports within five years by clearing three million hectares of land for paddies.
- Indonesia is one of the world's most forested countries, and as such a major absorber of planet-warming carbon emissions from mankind's burning of fossil fuel.
Sources: CNA