Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Fighting-Forest-Fires-in-Sumatra-27MZIFVH39XC.htmlConceptually similarFighting Forest Fires in SumatraGP04NJJCompleted★★★★Fighting Forest Fires in SumatraGP04NJLCompleted★★★★Fighting Forest Fires in SumatraGP04NJMCompleted★★★★Fighting Forest Fires in SumatraGP04NJNCompleted★★★★Fighting Forest Fires in SumatraGP04NJOCompleted★★★★Fighting Forest Fires in SumatraGP04NJVCompleted★★★★Fighting Forest Fires in SumatraGP04NJPCompleted★★★★Fighting Forest Fires in SumatraGP04NJQCompleted★★★★Fighting Forest Fires in SumatraGP04NJRCompleted★★★★View AllGP04NJIFighting Forest Fires in SumatraWorkers from PT. Raja Garuda Mas Sejati – a palm oil company belonging to the Asian Agri group, a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palmoil (RSPO) – try to extinguish a peatland fire within the company concession near Tanjung Muara Sako village, Langgam subdistrict in Pelalawan regency, Riau province, Indonesia.Locations:Indonesia-Langgam-Pelalawan Regency-Riau-Southeast Asia-SumatraDate:29 Jun, 2013Credit:© Ulet Ifansasti / GreenpeaceLatitude:0°19'7"NMaximum size:3600px X 2400pxLongitude101°37'36"EKeywords:Air pollution-Day-Deforestation-Destruction-Firefighters-Forest fires-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Oil palm (plants)-Outdoors-Peatland-Plantations-Smoke-Water hosesShoot:Forest Fires in SumatraThousands 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.
