Will Indonesian Fires Spark Reform of Rogue Forest Sector?

The original version of this article, by Lisa Palmer, appeared on Yale Environment 360. The fires that blazed in Indonesia’s rainforests in 1982 and 1983 came as a shock. The logging industry had embarked on a decades-long pillaging of the country’s woodlands, opening up the canopy and drying out the carbon-rich peat soils. Preceded by an … Continue reading Will Indonesian Fires Spark Reform of Rogue Forest Sector?