Clearing Rainforest Near Forest Fires in Sumatra

An excavator continues to clear rainforest immediately adjacent to peatland fires in the PT Rokan Adiraya Plantation palm oil plantation near Sontang village in Rokan Hulu, Riau, Sumatra.

Unique identifier: GP04N65

Type: Image

Shoot date: 24/06/2013

Locations: Indonesia, Riau, Rokan Hulu Regency, Sontang, Southeast Asia, Sumatra

Credit line: © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace

Latitude: 1°9'57.456"N

Longitude: 100°51'13.14"E

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Forest Fires in Sumatra

Thousands of peatland fires in Riau, Sumatra - the majority within pulp and palm oil concessions - have caused record-breaking air pollution in Singapore and Malaysia, with the haze extending as far as Thailand. Decades of forest destruction and drainage of peatland by the pulp and palm oil sector – including members of the Roundtable on Sustainable palm oil – have created the conditions for these fires. Greenpeace calls for the RSPO and all pulp and palm oil producers to implement a ban on deforestation and peatland development.

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