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Nature 433, 13 (6 January 2005) | doi:10.1038/433013a; Published online 5 January 2005
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Destructive fires are not just Indonesia's problem
Rhett D. Harisson1
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado Postal 2072, Balboa Avenue, Ancon, Republic of Panama
Your News Feature "Borneo is burning" (Nature 432, 144–146; 2004) links the mismanagement of peat swamp forests in Central Kalimantan to the appallingly destructive fires that leave the region blanketed in haze and release massive amounts of carbon dioxide whenever there is a substantial drought.This informative account of the environmental problems associated with Suharto's Mega Rice Project, and recent attempts to rectify them, unfortunately reinforces a misperception that these fires are largely an Indonesian problem, and thus that their ultimate causes lie in the particulars of Indonesian politics.
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