Indonesian wildfires threaten forest carbon projects

Nikkei Asia reports that wildfires threaten four recently launched Indonesian projects that protect 225,000 hectares of forest to generate carbon credits. At the Katingan Mentaya Project, flames breached non-forest areas and affected some forest land. Its operator says any emissions from fires in 2026 would be deducted from credits generated for that year, not from credits issued in July for 2021–23 performance.