Reversing progress, Indonesia pulp & paper drives up deforestation rates again

JAKARTA — After years of declining deforestation, forest loss caused by Indonesia’s pulp sector is on the rise again, showing a fivefold increase in 2022 compared with 2017 levels, a new analysis shows. In the 1990s and 2000s, Indonesia’s pulp and paper industry was among the country’s primary drivers of deforestation. Since 2001, the industry … Continue reading Reversing progress, Indonesia pulp & paper drives up deforestation rates again