KAMPAR PENINSULA, RIAU PROVINCE, SUMATRA Greenpeace activists from the MY Esperanza unfurl a 40 x 20 meter banner on recently cleared peatland forest in the pulp and paper concession of PT. Arara Abadi-Siak owned by APP (Asia Pulp and Paper). Greenpeace is protesting against the destruction of Kampar Peninsular's peatland forest by pulp and paper and palm oil industries and calling for the Indonesian Government to implement a moratorium on deforestation. Peatland forest is critical for maintaining biodiversity and it's degradation releases vast stores of carbon thereby contributing to global climate change.
Kampar Peninsula, Riau Indonesia

KAMPAR PENINSULA, RIAU PROVINCE, SUMATRA Greenpeace activists from the MY Esperanza unfurl a 40 x 20 meter banner on recently cleared peatland forest in the pulp and paper concession of PT. Arara Abadi-Siak owned by APP (Asia Pulp and Paper). Greenpeace is protesting against the destruction of Kampar Peninsular's peatland forest by pulp and paper and palm oil industries and calling for the Indonesian Government to implement a moratorium on deforestation. Peatland forest is critical for maintaining biodiversity and it's degradation releases vast stores of carbon thereby contributing to global climate change.

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