Damming Activity in Kalimantan

Environment activists hold portraits of people wearing masks on a dam that is built to block a canal draining peatlands for plantations in Paduran village, Sebangau sub district ,Central Kalimantan province in Indonesia. Greenpeace and other NGOs are working with the Paduran community to re-wet peatlands and prevent future fires. Central Kalimantan was badly hit during the 2015 forest fires disaster. The action is seen underway in Central Kalimantan during the global climate change conference in Paris. Greenpeace is calling for peatland & forest protection to prevent fires and reduce emissions.

Unique identifier: GP0STPHNR

Type: Image

Shoot date: 03/12/2015

Locations: Asia, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, Paduran, Sebangau National Park, Southeast Asia

Credit line: © Ardiles Rante / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★★★★ (A)

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Damming Activity in Central Kalimantan

The direct action to restore peatlands is being carried out by the local community along with Greenpeace and local organisations Save our Borneo and the Center for International Cooperation in Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatland (CIMTROP) at the University of Palangka Raya.

Forest and peatland destruction, mainly for plantations, is both a major cause of forest fires and the source of Indonesia’s largest contribution to climate change. Greenpeace calls on the Indonesian government and CEOs of big palm oil and paper companies to work together to ban trade with any company that continues to drain peatlands and destroy forests.

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