Your browser does not support this video. Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Damming-Activity-in-Central-Kalimantan---Clipreel---English-Title-27MZIFJ6HA3MS.htmlConceptually similarDamming Activity in Central Kalimantan - Clipreel - Indonesian TitleGP0STPGXMCompleted★★★★Damming Activity in Central Kalimantan - Web VideoGP0STPGUWCompleted★★★★Damming Activity in Central Kalimantan - Social Media Video (International version)GP0STPIV5Completed★★★★Damming Activity in Central Kalimantan - Social Media VideoGP0STPIV7Completed★★★★Banner at Kahayan Bridge in Central Kalimantan - ClipreelGP0STTZOICompleted★★★★Banner at Kahayan Bridge in Central Kalimantan - Web VideoGP0STTZOHCompleted★★★★Indonesian President Visits Forest Fires Affected Community in Riau GP0STOQIICompleted★★★★Forest Fire Prevention Team in Henda Village in Central Kalimantan - ClipreelGP0STTSQ4Completed★★★★Eid al Adh Prayer in Hazy Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan - ClipreelGP0STTSQ1Completed★★★★View AllGP0STPGXKDamming Activity in Central Kalimantan - Clipreel - English TitleGreenpeace 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.Locations:Asia-Central Kalimantan-Indonesia-Southeast AsiaDate:3 Dec, 2015Credit:© GreenpeaceDuration:8m18sAudio format:NaturalProduction Type :CLIPREEL-SOUNDBITEKeywords:Actions and protests-Activists-Banners-Canals-Dams-Day-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Outdoors-Peatland-TimelapseShoot:Damming Activity in Central KalimantanConstruction 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.Related Collections:Damming Activity in Central Kalimantan Indonesia (All Photographers & Video)
