Biodiesel Expansion Could Worsen Deforestation in Indonesia

Yale e360
Dec 28, 2020, 9:00 am197 pts
The Indonesian government has announced a major expansion of a program to make biodiesel out of palm oil, a move that officials say would necessitate planting 37 million acres of new palm oil plantations — an area one-fifth the size of Borneo. Read more on E360 →

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