This handout photo taken in Mandiri Jagebob, Merauke regency, South Papua, on March 17, 2025 and released by Mighty Earth shows a deforested area that will be converted into a sugar cane plantation by PT Murni Nusantara Abadi, directly threatening the adjacent customary forest protected by the Kwipalo Clan. Keen to end its reliance on rice imports, Indonesia wants to plant vast tracts of the crop, along with sugar cane for biofuel, in the restive eastern region of Papua. But environmentalists warn it could become the world’s largest deforestation project, threatening endangered species and Jakarta’s climate commitments. (Photo by Yusuf WAHIL / MIGHTY EARTH / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY INDONESIA-CLIMATE-ENVIRONMENT-AGRICULTURE-FOOD,FOCUS BY MARCHIO GORBIANO AND SARA HUSSEIN –
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