Evacuation Center in Riau

Forest fires affected families at the evacuation center in Tanjung Leban, Riau.
Fire ravaged over 3000 hectares of land at Tanjung Leban Village. Over 200 villagers were evacuated and several homes were destroyed.

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Forest Fires Affected People in Sumatra

Greenpeace bears witness to ongoing forest and peatland fires in and around oil palm plantations in Riau, Sumatra. Greenpeace is urging the Indonesian government to strengthen the draft regulation for total protection of peat ecosystem by implementing strong regulations to protect Indonesia's forest and peatland as a measure to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions, as well as mitigate the conditions that lead to forest fires. The shoot includes images of people affected by the fires and of the evacuation center in Tanjung Leban, Riau.

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Unique identifier: GP0STOBGM

Type: Image

Shoot date: 01/03/2014

Locations: Indonesia, Riau, Southeast Asia, Sumatra

Size: 3600px × 2400px 5.95 MB

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)