Indonesia's haze from forest fires kills 110,000 people per year

Mongabay
By Rhett ButlerMay 27, 2014, 11:14 pm97 pts
Haze caused by burning peat forests in Indonesia kills an average of 110,000 people per year and up to 300,000 during el Niño events, while releasing hundreds of millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, warns a new report from Greenpeace. Sumatra: Going up in smoke argues that peatland and…

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