Victoria Milko

2 weeks ago | castanet.net | Victoria Milko

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.

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Victoria Milko

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2 weeks ago | msn.com | Victoria Milko

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2 weeks ago | kdhnews.com | Victoria Milko

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. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

2 weeks ago | thederrick.com | Victoria Milko

In this image provided by Mighty Earth, the head of Kwipalo family of Papua's Yei tribe, Vincen Kwipalo, 63, left, and his wife Alowisia Kwerkujai, 58, cut a sago tree to find sago grubs, at a tribal forest in Jagebob district in Merauke, Papua province, Indonesia, on March 17, 2025.