Indonesia’s fish farm expansion to absorb D.C.-sized swath of protected forests

Mongabay
Aug 29, 2025, 11:34 am311 ptsTop
WEST JAVA, Indonesia – A billion-dollar push to expand fish farming on the island of Java to support Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s free school meals program will absorb protected forests nearly the size of Washington, D.C., according to the country’s largest environmental group. “This area…

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