Sumatra palm plantations the usual suspects as unusual burning razes peatlands

Mongabay
Jun 2, 2022, 2:39 pm253 pts
JAKARTA — Fires in areas of carbon-intense peatland forest on the island of Sumatra appear to have been set in and around oil palm plantation concessions and could signal the start of another season of forest-razing burns in Indonesia. The fires burned 6,168 hectares (15,241 acres) of peatlands — an area 18…

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