Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Forest-Fire-on-the-Kapuas-River-27MZIFLEYDWA.htmlConceptually similarForest Fire on the Kapuas RiverGP0189DCompleted★★★★Aftermath of Forest Fire on the Kapuas RiverGP018GHCompleted★★★★Aftermath of Forest Fire on the Kapuas RiverGP018MXCompleted★★★★Aftermath of Forest Fire on the Kapuas RiverGP019A2Completed★★★★Aftermath of Forest Fire on the Kapuas RiverGP018Q4Completed★★★★Aftermath of Forest Fire on the Kapuas RiverGP018AACompleted★★★★★★Aftermath of Forest Fire on the Kapuas RiverGP0199TCompleted★★★★Aftermath of Forest FireGP019B3Completed★★★★Aftermath of Forest FireGP01GLGCompleted★★★★View AllGP0195TForest Fire on the Kapuas RiverA fire burns though a recently planted rubber plantation along the Kapuas River, an area that has been deforested to make way for rice, rubber and other crops.Locations:Central Kalimantan-Indonesia-Kapuas River-Mentangai-Southeast AsiaDate:4 Oct, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Natalie BehringMaximum size:6144px X 4096pxKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Day-Destruction-Forest fire-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-Smoke-SunShoot:Forest Areas Cleared for Palm Oil in IndonesiaThe region of Kalimantan is used to accommodate large scale palm oil plantations. Palm oil companies burn the drained peatlands to plant palm oil saplings and so release vast amounts of peatland carbon in the form of carbon dioxide, which is the leading greenhouse gas. The companies are acting in flagrant violating of Indonesian laws on forest management and an existing Presidential decree designed to protect peatlands, according to investigations conducted by Greenpeace.
