Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Children-in-Riau-27MZIFVDM3QX.htmlConceptually similarChild in RiauGP04PMVCompleted★★★★Child in RiauGP04PMWCompleted★★★★Indonesian Forest Minister Visits Protected Forest in RiauGP04PNBCompleted★★★★Indonesian Forest Minister Visits Protected Forest in RiauGP04PNACompleted★★★★Protected Forest Area in RiauGP04PMYCompleted★★★★Protected Forest Area in RiauGP04PMZCompleted★★★★Protected Forest Area in RiauGP04PN2Completed★★★★Protected Forest Area in RiauGP04PMXCompleted★★★★Protected Forest Area in RiauGP04PN0Completed★★★★View AllGP04PMUChildren in RiauChildren pose for photograph in the Segamai Village, Pelalawan District, Riau. The area surrounding the villages of Segamai and Serapung is the first intact forest in Riau Province (an area of 4,000 hectares) to be recognized and protected by the Indonesian government under a 'Forest Village' scheme, which places management under the local community.Locations:Indonesia-Pelalawan Regency-Riau-Southeast Asia-SumatraDate:28 Jul, 2013Credit:© FB Anggoro / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3600px X 2391pxRestrictions:NO FUNDRAISINGKeywords:Children-Day-East Asian ethnicities-Eye contact-Forests (campaign title)-Forests (topography)-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Outdoors-Palm trees-People-Portraits-Tropical rainforests-Two peopleShoot:Forest Community Solutions in IndonesiaGreenpeace together with other environmental NGOs Jikalahari and Yayasan Mitra Insani, welcomed the first government permit granted to a forest community, which will protect 4,000 hectares of land on peat forest landscape of the Kampar peninsula, Riau, from deforestation. Deforestation on peatland has been one of the driving factors behind the region’s ‘haze wave’, and whose protection is critical to stopping the forest fires from reoccurring.
