An oil palm plantation in a deforested area on Indonesia’s Borneo Island, seen during an aerial survey mission by Greenpeace on Feb. 24, 2014. BAY ISMOYO / AFP via Getty Images
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In Indonesia, which is the top producer and exporter of palm oil globally, about 200,000 hectares (494,210 acres) of oil palm plantations are to be replaced with forests, the government announced Tuesday.
The move will convert oil palm plantations on lands that are designated as forests, Reuters reported.
In 2020, the government set rules on oil palm plantations grown on designated forest lands, requiring landowners to apply and pay fines to grow oil palm trees on these lands by Nov. 2,…
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