Fighting Forest Fires in Sumatra

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

Unique identifier: GP04N3P

Type: Image

Shoot date: 23/06/2013

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

Credit line: © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace

Size: 3600px × 2400px 624KB

Latitude: 1°10'8.4"N

Longitude: 100°50'54.85"E

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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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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