Thanks to massive forest clearance for palm oil plantations combined with drought conditions in this 'El Nino' year, writes Zachary Davies Boren, rainforest and peatland fires across Indonesia are set to emit more carbon than the UK, while covering millions of square kilometres with choking smoke.
… Indonesian forest fires will emit more CO2 … 2015 News Forests Climate Change Emissions Indonesia forest-fire.jpg Thanks to massive … Boren, rainforest and peatland fires across Indonesia are set to emit more carbon than the …
A fundamental sea-change is required in the global approach to tackling deforestation, and it requires a new focus on engendering institutions of cooperation rather than competition.
… continued to accelerate. Palm oil producer Indonesia comes third on the list of the top … in reducing the rate of forest loss in Indonesia and Malaysia. “In positive news,” … Global Forest Watch, “primary forest loss in Indonesia decreased by 5 percent in 2019 …
A recently discovered peatland in northeast Peru contains two years worth of US carbon emissions, writes Joe Sandler Clarke, but it's under threat from the rapidly advancing 'palm oil frontier'. Now scientists are calling for the wetland's immediate protection - before it's too late to save it.
… uses more possible." Learning lessons from Indonesia Peatlands are bogs made up of … drained and falling into rapid decay. In Indonesia, a country famous for its tropical … in the country. To prevent future fires the Indonesian government recently introduced new …
Industrial expansion has resulted in the loss of some 420 million hectares of forest overall since 1990, and the decrease of old-growth primary forest worldwide by over 80 million hectares.
… accelerated in Brazil, Colombia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal and Madagascar during the … that by far the biggest culprit in Asia is Indonesia – one of the world’s biggest palm … oil crops imports, imported primarily from Indonesia and Malaysia.” Armed with this data, …
Investigative reporters working for Greenpeace UK's Energydesk have uncovered a nexus of senior academics willing to accept large sums of money from fossil fuel companies to write reports and newspaper articles published under their own names and university affiliations, without declaring the funding. Lawrence Carter & Maeve McClenaghan spill the beans ...
… the other a coal mining firm based in Indonesia - looking to commission …
The UK's financing of fossil fuels abroad increased tenfold in two years to exceed £1 billion in 2013 / 2014, writes Christine Ottery. Incredibly, the fossil fuel funding increase came after a government promise to use the money to support 'innovative and green technologies'.
… in Siberia in Russia, Brazil, India, and Indonesia. But as reported in The Ecologist , …