Land Clearance in West Kalimantan

Bulldozers operating to clear land in an area close to Sentarum Lake National Park. The land is being cleared by PT KPC, a subsidiary of Sinar Mas Group, Indonesia's largest palm oil producer.

Unique identifier: GP01X6V

Type: Image

Shoot date: 14/02/2009

Locations: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, West Kalimantan

Credit line: © Edy Purnomo / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Land Clearance in the Forests of West Kalimantan

Aerial view of land clearing by PT KPC, a subsidiary of Sinar Mas Group, close to Sentarum Lake National Park in West Kalimantan. Sinar Mas is Indonesia's largest palm oil producer. Palm oil producers are destroying vast tracts of rainforest for palm oil production, pushing orangutans to the brink of extinction, endangering local communities’ survival and accelerating climate change.
Forest destruction produces about one fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions, more than what emitted by all the cars, planes, and trains in the world.

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