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Keywords
Climate (campaign title)
Day
Deforestation
Destruction
Forest fire
Forest fires
Forests (campaign title)
KWCI (GPI)
Outdoors
People
Sadness
Smoke
Trees
Tropical rainforests
Aftermath of Forest Fire on the Kapuas River
A fisherman surveys the scene of a recent forest fire along the Kapuas River.
Unique identifier:
GP018AU
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
04/10/2007
Locations:
Central Kalimantan
,
Indonesia
,
Kapuas River
,
Mentangai
,
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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