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Podcast: The Cosmopolitan
Episode: Profit, Politics, and the Future of Indonesia's Rainforests
Description: Podcast: Ear to Asia (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Profit, Politics, and the Future of Indonesia's RainforestsPub date: 2025-08-26Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIndonesia’s 17,000-plus islands boast the world’s third-largest tropical rainforest, home to endangered species and Indigenous communities, and a vital shield against climate change. Yet in 2024, the country lost 261,000 hectares of forest—its worst single-year decline since 2021. Why has deforestation surged just as earlier trends seemed to improve? Beyond palm oil, the pressures now include pulpwood plantatio...