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The impact of surface fires on peatland in the land preparation area belong to the community [1]

It is well known that at least 20 million of Indonesia's people were directly or indirectly affected by the 1997/1998 Indonesian forest and field fires, where 10-11 million acres of forest and fields burnt.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
Bambang Hero Saharjo [2]
Global Environmental Research [3]
15
1
39-44
Tags:
Peat [4], Indonesia [5], Forest Fires [6], Land Use [7], Air Pollution [8], Green House Gases [9], Climate Change [10], Agriculture [11], Health Effects [12]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/bambang-hero-saharjo
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/global-environmental-research
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/peat
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indonesia
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects