Analysis: Coal extraction in Indonesia is driving deforestation
A Greener Life
JANUARY 20, 2023
In 2021, the country produced 610 million tons of coal, half of which was exported, at a value of US$29.6 Coal extraction in Indonesia is done with open-pit mining, hence the deforestation,” says Syahrul Fitra, a senior forest campaigner at Greenpeace Southeast Asia. of total tropical deforestation between 2000 and 2019.
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