The World

The Indonesia Mega Rice Disaster

In Kalimantan, Borneo, a massive government project booms, busts, and burns. Now there’s an international effort to restore land ruined by the Mega Rice growing scheme.

Indonesia is a huge carbon polluter. That’s largely because of massive destruction of the carbon-rich peatlands underlying its tropical forests. Now some are trying to stop carbon emissions from that damaged land, and give local people a leg up at the same time. Living on Earth’s Ingrid Lobet reports.