Route through Palm Oil Plantation in Sampit

A motorcycle rides down a road in a palm oil plantation that was once a forest.

Unique identifier: GP018QI

Type: Image

Shoot date: 02/10/2007

Locations: Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, Kotawaringin Timur, Borneo, Sampit, Southeast Asia

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Natalie Behring

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Forest Areas Cleared for Palm Oil in Indonesia

The region of Kalimantan is used to accommodate large scale palm oil plantations. Palm oil companies burn the drained peatlands to plant palm oil saplings and so release vast amounts of peatland carbon in the form of carbon dioxide, which is the leading greenhouse gas. The companies are acting in flagrant violating of Indonesian laws on forest management and an existing Presidential decree designed to protect peatlands, according to investigations conducted by Greenpeace.

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