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Stop converting peatlands

Sumatra, Carbon stock, Biodiversity loss, Palm oil, carbon emissions, conversion, Eyes on the Forest, forest fires, haze, hotspot, Jikalahari, land clearing, moratorium, NGOs, palm oil plantations, peatland

Several NGOs are calling on the Government to stop granting concessions for conversion and land clearing on peatlands, citing data that shows the major factor inciting this year's forest fires is forest conversion, mainly on peat soil sites.

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