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10 Reasons Why Must Save Indonesian Peatlands
Posted by EcoWatch: Joao Talocchi, Greenpeace on June 3rd, 2014
EcoWatch: For years, this is known as a smoky, hazy time of year in Sumatra, Indonesia. And each year it’s getting worse. It’s the dry season, and hundreds of thousands of hectares of Indonesian peatland fires will burn for months. Those fires are a direct result of decades of forest and peatland destruction. Peat is partially decayed, dead vegetation, which has accumulated over thousands of years. It is typically saturated with water and therefore virtually impossible to set alight. But when peatlands are...
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