Indonesia Plans World’s Largest Deforestation Project for Production of Bioethanol Fuel and Food Crops https://www.ecowatch.com/indonesia-deforestation-bioethanol-agriculture.html

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Indonesia Plans World’s Largest Deforestation Project for Production of Bioethanol Fuel and Food Crops

Indonesia is planning to clear a forested area roughly the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol and crops such as rice.

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Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM), the Atlas of Pastures and Amazon Mining Watch have released or updated satellite data and visualization tools this year that show what crops are grown in the Amazon, where cattle ranching overlaps with other kinds of land use and how much of the rainforest is being cleared for mining.

By Maxwell Radwin.
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/new-datasets-identify-which-crops-deforest-the-amazon-and-where/

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New datasets identify which crops deforest the Amazon, and where

A series of recently published data is shining a new light on patterns of deforestation in the Amazon, revealing where crops, cattle ranching and mining are encroaching on the rainforest. Several monitoring organizations — including the Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM), the Atlas of Pastures and Amazon Mining Watch — have released or updated satellite data and visualization tools […]

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