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A Decade of Progress on Palm Oil Deforestation at Risk in Indonesia
›China Environment Forum // Guest Contributor // Vulnerable Deltas // October 24, 2024 // By Jason Jon Benedict & Robert HeilmayrIndonesia is the world’s largest producer and exporter of palm oil, an ingredient used globally in a huge variety of food and household products from peanut butter to shampoo. Yet it is also an important driver of deforestation and contributor to climate change and biodiversity loss. Over the past 20 years, the expansion of palm oil plantations has contributed one-third of the total loss of old-growth forests in Indonesia (around 3 million hectares).
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