Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Palm-Oil-Plantation-in-Sampit-27MZIFLB307O.htmlConceptually similarDeforestation in Central KalimantanGP0STOATPCompleted★★★★Deforestation in Central KalimantanGP0STOBHECompleted★★★★Deforestation in Central KalimantanGP0STOBHFCompleted★★★★Deforestation in Central KalimantanGP0STOBGZCompleted★★★★Deforestation in Central KalimantanGP0STOATOCompleted★★★★Deforestation in Central KalimantanGP0STOATNCompleted★★★★Deforestation in Central KalimantanGP0STOBH1Completed★★★★Deforestation in Central KalimantanGP0STOATQCompleted★★★★Deforestation in Central KalimantanGP0STOBGSCompleted★★★★View AllGP018D4Palm Oil Plantation in SampitA lone, but dead tree in a palm oil plantation that was once a forest.Locations:Central Kalimantan-Indonesia-Kotawaringin Timur, Borneo-Sampit-Southeast AsiaDate:2 Oct, 2007Credit:© Greenpeace / Natalie BehringMaximum size:6144px X 4096pxKeywords:Aerial view-Climate (campaign title)-Day-Deforestation-Fields-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Oil palm (plants)-Outdoors-Plantations-Trees-Tropical rainforestsShoot: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.
