FIghting Forest Fires in Sumatra

A firefighter tries to extinguish fires on recently cleared peatland in the PT Rokan Adiraya Plantation oil palm plantation near Sontang village in Rokan Hulu, Riau, Sumatra.

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Forest Fires in Sumatra

Thousands of peatland fires in Riau, Sumatra - the majority within pulp and palm oil concessions - have caused record-breaking air pollution in Singapore and Malaysia, with the haze extending as far as Thailand. Decades of forest destruction and drainage of peatland by the pulp and palm oil sector – including members of the Roundtable on Sustainable palm oil – have created the conditions for these fires. Greenpeace calls for the RSPO and all pulp and palm oil producers to implement a ban on deforestation and peatland development.

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Unique identifier: GP04N3N

Type: Image

Shoot date: 23/06/2013

Locations: Indonesia, Riau, Rokan Hulu Regency, Sontang, Southeast Asia, Sumatra

Size: 3600px × 2400px 1.00 MB

Latitude: 1°10'8.4"N

Longitude: 100°50'54.85"E

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)