A fisherman surveys the scene of a recent forest fire along the Kapuas River. Channels like these are dug by plantation companies to drain carbon-rich peatland, before the area is cleared and burnt in preparation for planting. Every year up to 1.8 billion tonnes of climate changing greenhouse gas emissions are released by the degradation and burning of Indonesia’s peatlands – that is up to 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions from less than 0.1% of the land on earth.