30 October 2007: Greenpeace volunteers and local forest communities halted swamp forest destruction in Sumatra, Indonesia, by damming five canals.
The volunteers and local
communities are building five dams across three-metre deep canals. The
canals are used for draining peatland to convert into a commercial palm
oil plantations. Damming the canals stops the peatland from drying out and releasing huge amounts of carbon dioxide.