Palm oil deforestation hits record high in Sumatra’s ‘orangutan capital’

Mongabay
Mar 23, 2023, 4:36 pm320 pts
JAKARTA — Deforestation associated with oil palm cultivation has declined in recent years in Indonesia, but in a biodiversity haven at the northern tip of Sumatra, the forest is being cleared at record pace, a report shows. Using Sentinel-2 and Planet/NICFI satellite imagery, forest loss monitoring platform…

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