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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Years after being felled, vast swathes of Indonesia’s old-growth forests are left sitting idle. And when the land is finally put to use, it’s most often for new palm oil plantations, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

But some experts — including the study’s authors — are hoping for a silver lining: The opportunity for Indonesia to expand its agricultural, palm, pulp and other commodities without having to cut down more trees, thus meeting increasing demand from companies and governments for products that didn’t depend on deforestation.

“There’s maybe some hope that if the country can focus on these idle, non-forest lands ... it could potentially drop deforestation to zero, and still have a lot of opportunities for economic development,” said Diana Parker, a postdoctoral associate in the University of Maryland’s Department of Geographical Sciences and the lead author of the study.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I suppose reforestation would be asking too much...

I'm looking forward to the "they cut down all of the Amazon and are only using 20% of the land, but people are seeing economic opportunities" article.

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I bet if they do reforestation I bet it would be some monoculture crap job that may as well have been a palm oil field