Tag: Plantations

#Indonesia’s #peatland is burning: the peatland burning #moratorium is failing in Riau Province, Sumatra

by maximos62, posted in Asia, environment, geography, Indonesia, peatlands

Indonesia’s moratorium on peatland burning is failing. Focusing on Riau province, the region with the most extensive of peatlands, in the period 1 to 8 March, 2018, there have been 99 fire alerts in the following areas: Siak 35 Pelalawan 30 Kepulauan Riau Kepulauan 29 Between 2 – 3 March seven hotspots were detected in … Continue reading #Indonesia’s #peatland is burning: the peatland burning #moratorium is failing in Riau Province, Sumatra

Competition for land in Riau Province: Pressure from Oil Palm and Wood Pulp Corporations

by maximos62, posted in Asia, economics, environment, geography, indigenous, Indonesia

Fred Pearce writing in his book The Landgrabbers: The New Fight Over Who Owns The Earth makes the point that  "Until the late 1980s Riau was 80 percent jungle. Today the figure is just 30 percent. I've never met Fred but I have met the people of Sungai Tohor who face the consequences of a systematic destruction of peatland … Continue reading Competition for land in Riau Province: Pressure from Oil Palm and Wood Pulp Corporations