Will a forest in Borneo be gutted for 'green' energy?
Indonesia runs largely on coal. To kick its fossil fuel habit, the Southeast Asian nation is turning in part to biomass energy, derived from burning wood pellets and other organic materials, as a so-called sustainable alternative. But how sustainable is it really? To find out, Mongabay traveled to North Kalimantan province, where a coal company seeking to pivot to green energy is negotiating with villagers for the rights to clear thousands of hectares of their land — much of it forested — for a biomass plantation.
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