Jakarta, April 22, 2025 (AFP) - Indonesia food plan risks 'world's largest' deforestation

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An Indonesian soldier gives a thumbs up as he crosses a rice field on a combine harvester in remote Papua, where a government food security mega-project has raised fears of mass deforestation. Keen to end its reliance on rice imports, Indonesia wants to plant vast tracts of the crop, along with sugar cane for biofuel, in the restive eastern region. But environmentalists warn it could become the world's largest deforestation project, threatening e......

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