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Fires started in Indonesia

lundi 26 octobre 2015 à 01:00

Large fires in Indonesia are deliberately started in order to eliminate rainforests to make room for palm oil plantations.

This not only causes respiratory illness, even in Singapore and Malaysia; it also emits so much CO2 that it is globally significant.

A large Indonesian palm oil producer has adopted a policy to protect forests.

This is just a first step, since we can't take for granted that companies will keep their promises.