Fires being used to clear land in a palm oil plantation, which is illegal under Indonesian law. Many of the fires and incidents of community violence are in forest areas recently allocated for conversion by Indonesia’s Minister of Forestry in Sumatra’s Riau Province, largely on carbon-rich peatlands. In April this year, Greenpeace filed a request with Indonesia’s Corruption Commission (KPK) to investigate the release of the concessions in question.
Riau Indonesia

Fires being used to clear land in a palm oil plantation, which is illegal under Indonesian law. Many of the fires and incidents of community violence are in forest areas recently allocated for conversion by Indonesia’s Minister of Forestry in Sumatra’s Riau Province, largely on carbon-rich peatlands. In April this year, Greenpeace filed a request with Indonesia’s Corruption Commission (KPK) to investigate the release of the concessions in question.

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