For peat’s sake: Despite tough talk, Indonesia’s government is struggling to stem deforestation

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There has been no inferno this year, but Asia’s biggest tropical forests remain at risk




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For peat’s sake




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Deforestation in Indonesia








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Climate change in the era of Trump




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For peat’s sake





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HENDA, BORNEO




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TEGUH, chief of the village of Henda, in the Indonesian portion of Borneo, enters his office brimming with apologies for being late. The acrid scent of smoke wafts from his clothes. He explains that he was guiding police and firefighters to a fire just outside the village. A farmer had decided to clear his land by burning it. Henda sits amid Borneo’s vast peatlands; the fire had set the fertile soil smouldering for nearly 24 hours. It was a ...