Oil palm plantations in Sumatran wetland worsen flooding in communities
2020-09-11 14:37
JAKARTA — Newly published research has linked the spread of oil palm and rubber plantations across a wetland area of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island to worsening floods in the region. The analysis, published in August in the journal Ecology and Society, shows that “the observed and measured increase in flood frequency and intensity within the Tembesi […]
Related Events
No matched contents
Recommended Articles
Peat on land and kelp at sea as Argentina protects tip of Tierra del Fuego
On Dec. 6, legislators in Argentina’s southernmost province of Tierra del ...
Three ways Cop15 can help save a million species from extinction
In this week’s newsletter: Dismal results from previous conferences mean ...
Cop15: Trudeau pledges £510m for Indigenous-led conservation projects
Canada’s prime minister calls on China, Russia and Brazil to expand ...