Peatland Soil in Sumatra

Soil that lacks nutrients due to the peatland being destroyed by recent forest fires and digging of canals which drain the land. Sungai Tohor, Kepulauan Meranti District, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Unique identifier: GP0STOTY4

Type: Image

Shoot date: 03/02/2015

Locations: Indonesia, Kepulauan Meranti Regency, Riau, Southeast Asia, Sumatra

Credit line: © Katarina Premfors / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Sungai Tohor Community in Sumatra

The indigenous community in Sungai Tohor, Kepulauan Meranti Regency, Sumatra, lives at the edge of a devastated forest. Currently a major source of income for them is the production of sago, a starch extracted from the spongy centre of various tropical palm stems.

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