Mongabay<p>Nearly half of Indonesia’s peatlands are vulnerable to flooding due to degradation from exploitation, with 6 million hectares (15 million acres) — twice the size of Belgium — highly at risk.</p><p>Peatland drainage, subsidence and fires have significantly reduced the water retention capacity of these carbon-rich ecosystems, leading to inland and coastal flooding, particularly in Sumatra and Borneo.</p><p>By Hans Nicholas Jong<br><a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/indonesias-peatlands-face-growing-flood-risks-amid-widespread-degradation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.mongabay.com/2025/04/indo</span><span class="invisible">nesias-peatlands-face-growing-flood-risks-amid-widespread-degradation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Enviroment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enviroment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Floods</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Peatlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Peatlands</span></a></p>