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Indonesia is clearing vast peatlands to grow food. Climate costs are dire.

Por: Portland Press Herald World January 20, 2024

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The Kahayan River helps to flood the peat swamps in Pilang village, which are being drained by the government to grow crops. Muhammad Fadli/The Washington Post BENTUK JAYA, Indonesia — Indonesia has been clearing tens of thousands of acres of densely vegetated peatland for farming, releasing massive amounts of carbon that had been sequestered below for centuries and destroying one of the Earth’s most effective means of storing greenhouse... + full article



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