Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Forest-Fires-in-Sumatra-27MZIFVESHZT.htmlConceptually similarForest Fires in SumatraGP04N39Completed★★★★★★Forest Fires in SumatraGP04N35Completed★★★★★★Forest Fires in SumatraGP04N36Completed★★★★★★Forest Fires in SumatraGP04N37Completed★★★★★★Forest Fires in SumatraGP04N38Completed★★★★Forest Fires in SumatraGP04N3BCompleted★★★★★★Forest Fires in SumatraGP04N3CCompleted★★★★Forest Fires in SumatraGP04N45Completed★★★★Clearing Rainforest Near Forest Fires in SumatraGP04N65Completed★★★★View AllGP04N3AForest Fires in SumatraSmoke from smouldering fires obscures an excavator digging a peatland drainage canal in the PT Rokan Adiraya Plantation oil palm plantation near Sontang village in Rokan Hulu.Locations:Indonesia-Riau-Rokan Hulu Regency-Sontang-Southeast Asia-SumatraDate:23 Jun, 2013Credit:© Ulet Ifansasti / GreenpeaceLatitude:1°10'8.4"NMaximum size:3600px X 2400pxLongitude100°50'54.83"EKeywords:Air pollution-Day-Deforestation-Destruction-Diggers-Forest fires-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Orange (colour)-Outdoors-Palm oil (product)-Peatland-Plantations-Smoke-TreesShoot: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.Related Collections:'Protect Paradise' Palm Oil Campaign - Feature SelectionSumatran Tigers "Licence to Kill" ReportPalm Oil Companies Must Accept Responsibility for Indonesian Fires (Photo + Video)"Countdown to Extinction" Report CollectionFinal Countdown (Report, Pictures & Video)Still Cooking the Climate - Report and Report Images'Protect Paradise' Palm Oil Campaign - Press Selection (All Photographers)Procter & Gamble More Dirty Secrets ReportWarning, 900 PSI!
