雅加达：印度尼西亚周二（10月6日）表示，将停止一项夷平数百万公顷森林以清理土地用于水稻生产的项目，称其主要粮食已达到自给自足水平。
JAKARTA: Indonesia said on Tuesday (Oct 6) it will halt a project to raze several million hectares of forest to clear land for rice production, saying it had reached self-sufficiency levels of the staple grain.
政府于2024年启动了一项计划，通过清理300万公顷土地种植稻田，在五年内停止依赖大米进口。
The government launched a programme in 2024 to stop relying on rice imports within five years by clearing three million hectares of land for paddies.
印度尼西亚是世界上森林最多的国家之一，也是人类燃烧化石燃料导致地球变暖的碳排放的主要吸收国。
Indonesia is one of the world's most forested countries, and as such a major absorber of planet-warming carbon emissions from mankind's burning of fossil fuel.
它的目标是到2030年成为净碳汇，森林和其他土地利用吸收的碳多于排放的碳。
It aims to become a net carbon sink by 2030, with forests and other land use absorbing more carbon than they emit.
然而，观察人士表示，农业和伐木业持续破坏森林，以及猖獗的野火，可能会使印度尼西亚的计划面临风险。
However, observers have said continuing forest destruction for agriculture and logging, as well as rampant wildfires, could put Indonesia's plans at risk.
总统普拉博沃·苏比安托（Prabowo Subianto）称赞今年取得了“重要胜利”，此前数据显示，全国大米需求已得到世界最大大米消费国之一的国内产量的满足。
President Prabowo Subianto hailed an "important victory" this year after data showed countrywide rice demand had been met with domestic production in one of the world's top consumers of the commodity.
气候特使哈希姆·德乔乔哈迪库苏莫周二表示，政府的战略储备大米库存已达到约530万吨。
Climate envoy Hashim Djojohadikusumo said on Tuesday the government's strategic reserve rice stock had reached about 5.3 million tonnes.
普拉博沃的兄弟哈希姆说：“政府认为没有必要进一步扩大所谓的森林地区的水稻种植面积。”
"The government sees no further need for expanding rice cultivation areas in the so-called forest areas," said Hashim, who is Prabowo's brother.
他补充说，政府将重点关注使用优质种子等“强化措施”，以提高水稻产量。目前尚不清楚在该项目停止之前，有多少森林已经被稻田取代。
He added that the government will focus instead on "intensification measures" using superior seeds, for example, to increase rice yields. It was not known how much forest had already been replaced by rice paddies before the project was halted.
根据致力于促进粮食安全的政府机构国家粮食局的数据，印度尼西亚2025年生产了3471万吨大米，超过了3119万吨的年需求。
According to the National Food Agency, a government body that seeks to advance food security, Indonesia produced 34.71 million tonnes of rice in 2025 - exceeding annual demand of 31.19 million tonnes.
野火造成的雾霾吞噬了印度尼西亚的森林和泥炭地，几周来一直笼罩着邻国马来西亚和新加坡。
Haze from wildfires consuming forests and peatlands in Indonesia has blanketed neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore for weeks.
与厄尔尼诺天气现象相关的炎热干燥条件加剧了火灾，这也与土地清理有关。强大的地球倡导组织对哈希姆的声明表示欢迎。
Hot, dry conditions associated with the El Nino weather phenomenon have fuelled the fires, which are also linked to land clearing. The Mighty Earth advocacy group welcomed Hashim's announcement.
该非政府组织创始人格伦·胡罗维茨（Glenn Hurowitz）在一份声明中表示：“这一决定重新树立了印度尼西亚在展示如何在保护自然的同时扩大农业方面的领导地位。”
"This decision renews Indonesia's leadership in showing how to expand agriculture while protecting nature," the NGO's founder, Glenn Hurowitz, said in a statement.
他补充说：“这一决定为大规模投资创造了机会，以实现普拉博沃总统恢复1200万公顷森林、泥炭和其他生态系统的目标。”
"This decision creates an opportunity for large-scale investments in achieving President Prabowo's goal of restoring 12 million hectares of forest, peat, and other ecosystems," he added.