WorldFrom Dining Tables to the Sky: The Environmental Cost of Indonesia’s Food Self-Sufficiency

Indonesia’s drive for food self-sufficiency and zero rice imports has come with a heavy environmental price linked to land burning, development and agricultural expansion. Intensifying El Niño-related drought has fueled widespread fires, ecological damage, cross-border haze and a public-health crisis. The podcast examines why the problem persists and how ASEAN countries might cooperate against the haze.