Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Forest-Destruction-in-Indonesia-27MZIFII3TP5.htmlConceptually similarForest Destruction in IndonesiaGP02DPHCompleted★★★★Forest Destruction in IndonesiaGP02DPDCompleted★★★★Forest Destruction in IndonesiaGP02DPFCompleted★★★★Forest Destruction in IndonesiaGP02DPGCompleted★★★★Forest Defenders Camp in IndonesiaGP02DPECompleted★★★★Pristine Rain Forest in SumatraGP02DP6Completed★★★★Pristine Rain Forest in SumatraGP02DP7Completed★★★★Fire Fighting Training in SumatraGP02DP8Completed★★★★Fire Fighting Training in SumatraGP02DP9Completed★★★★View AllGP02DPIForest Destruction in IndonesiaPhotographs taken by Greenpeace paramotors as they launch an ongoing aerial initiative to spot forest and peat fires in an oil palm plantation in Kuala Cenasku. The paramotors were launched from the Greenpeace Forest Defenders Camp which opened on the 9th October as part of the organisations campaign to stop forest and peatland destruction caused in part by oil palm plantations. The destruction is causing massive amounts of biodiversity loss and releasing huge amounts of greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere.Locations:Indonesia-Kuala Cenaku-Riau-Southeast Asia-SumatraDate:19 Oct, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Cedar AndersonMaximum size:3264px X 2448pxKeywords:Aerial view-Climate (campaign title)-Day-Deforestation-Forests (campaign title)-Forests (topography)-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-Palm oil (product)-Peatland-Rivers-Trees-Tropical rainforestsShoot:Forests and Forest Defenders Camp in IndonesiaPhotographs taken by Greenpeace paramotors as they launch an ongoing aerial initiative to spot forest and peat fires in an oil palm plantation. The paramotors were launched from the Greenpeace Forest Defenders Camp which opened on the 9th October as part of the organisations campaign to stopforest and peatland destruction caused in part by oil palm plantations. The destruction is causing massive amounts of biodiversity loss and releasing huge amounts of greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere.In the short-term, prior to the December 2007 Kyoto Protocol meeting in Bali, Greenpeace is calling on the Indonesian government to commit to a moratorium on conversion and destruction of Indonesian peatland.Deforestation accounts for approximately one-fifth of global greenhouse gasemissions.
