Community-based biofuels offer ‘sensible’ alternative to palm oil for Indonesia, analysis shows

Community-based biofuels offer ‘sensible’ alternative to palm oil for Indonesia, analysis shows

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s push to meet its ambitious biofuel targets by expanding oil palm plantations could cost the country billions in environmental damage and social conflict, a new analysis by environmental NGO Madani Berkelanjutan warns. But if Indonesia diversifies its biofuel feedstock sources at community level, it could cut the ecological and social costs to zero while still meeting its energy goals, the analysis found. Indonesia, the worl…