The Carbon Hiding in Indonesia’s Coastlines
Photo: Theofilo Navaez (Pexel) Indonesia holds roughly a quarter of the world’s mangrove forests and about 15 percent of its seagrass meadows, spread along one of the longest coastlines on Earth. National mapping puts the country’s mangrove cover at somewhere between 3.2 and 3.4 million hectares, depending on the year and method used. According to […]
Can a Cup of Coffee Save a Forest? Inside Indonesia’s Social Forestry Experiment
Coffee plantations climb nearly every slope around Lake Lut Tawar in Aceh Tengah, in Indonesia’s Gayo highlands. By 2024, coffee covered more than 49,000 hectares in the district, and the crop anchors the local economy. According to Bener Meriah’s district agriculture profile, 90 percent of people across the wider Gayo highlands, spanning Aceh Tengah and […]
The Carbon Hiding in Indonesia’s Coastlines
Photo: Theofilo Navaez (Pexel) Indonesia holds roughly a quarter of the world’s mangrove forests and about 15 percent of its seagrass meadows, spread along one of the longest coastlines on Earth. National mapping puts the country’s mangrove cover at somewhere between 3.2 and 3.4 million hectares, depending on the year and method used. According to […]
Can a Cup of Coffee Save a Forest? Inside Indonesia’s Social Forestry Experiment
Coffee plantations climb nearly every slope around Lake Lut Tawar in Aceh Tengah, in Indonesia’s Gayo highlands. By 2024, coffee covered more than 49,000 hectares in the district, and the crop anchors the local economy. According to Bener Meriah’s district agriculture profile, 90 percent of people across the wider Gayo highlands, spanning Aceh Tengah and […]