Indonesia legalizes illicit oil palm farms in program slammed as opaque

Mongabay
May 4, 2023, 10:45 am153 pts
JAKARTA — Illegal oil palm plantations spanning an area one and a half times the size of London have been amnestied under an Indonesian government program that critics say incentivizes large corporations over the small farmers whom it was intended to help. A total of 237,511 hectares (586,902 acres) of…

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