Working with communities to fight fires in Way Kambas National Park

Mongabay
Jul 26, 2017, 4:39 pm183 pts
Conservationists in Indonesia's Sumatra Island are working with local residents to combat forest fires, aiming to transform communities near Way Kambas National Park into forest protectors, rather than threats to the ecosystem. Way Kambas National Park — 1,300 square kilometers (500 square miles) of swamp and…

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