Indonesia’s plantation program on collision course with wildlife, Indigenous groups
2021-01-06 15:36
JAKARTA — The survival of critically endangered wildlife like Sumatran orangutans and tigers and the livelihoods of Indigenous communities might be in jeopardy as the Indonesian government plans to establish large-scale agricultural plantations overlapping with their forests, activists warn. Under the so-called food estate program to boost domestic production, the government plans to establish millions […]
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