Oleh: Muhammad Syafiq - Tuesday, 04 August 2026
Development narratives often portray forest loss as an unavoidable cost of economic growth. Yet, the sacrifice of millions of hectares of Indonesia's forests has failed to produce the foundations of national industrial development.
Oleh: Abil Salsabila, Juma Maulana, Muhammad Syafiq, Ryan Kusumo, Yoga Aprillianno, Iola Abas - Tuesday, 04 August 2026
97% of burned peatlands have never returned to forests. This fact serves as the truest reflection of Indonesia's decade-long peatland restoration program, which claims to have restored million hectares of peatlands but failed to reverse the decline of one of the country's most critical ecosystems.
