Damming Activity in Central Kalimantan - Clipreel - English Title

Greenpeace along with Save Our Borneo, CIMTROP and residents of Paduran Village, Sebangau, build a canal dam in Central Kalimantan. The activists hope this activity will restore the area's natural hydrology and reduce forest fires in the future. Greenpeace urges President Joko Widodo to issue a stronger and firmer policy to protect forest and peat area from fire in the future.

Unique identifier: GP0STPGXK

Type: Video

Shoot date: 03/12/2015

Locations: Asia, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, Southeast Asia

Credit line: © Greenpeace

Duration: 8m18s

Audio format: Natural

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Damming Activity in Central Kalimantan

Construction begins on a community dam to block a canal draining peatlands for plantations in Paduran Village, Sebangau Sub-district, Pulang Pisau Regency, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia. The province was the epicentre of Indonesia’s 2015 forest fires disaster.

The direct action to restore peatlands is being carried out by the local community along with Greenpeace and local organisations Save our Borneo and the Center for International Cooperation in Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatland (CIMTROP) at the University of Palangka Raya.

Forest and peatland destruction, mainly for plantations, is both a major cause of forest fires and the source of Indonesia’s largest contribution to climate change. Greenpeace calls on the Indonesian government and CEOs of big palm oil and paper companies to work together to ban trade with any company that continues to drain peatlands and destroy forests.

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