palm oil plantation are seen outside Pekanbaru, Riau

This picture taken 02 November 2007 shows a palm oil plantation are seen outside Pekanbaru, Riau. In Indonesia, the main driver for the destruction of peatlands is the world's appetite for wood, pulp and palm oil. Widespread deforestation has made Indonesia, the nation hosting a major international climate change next month,become the third largest emitter of carbon in the world, the contribution coming most dramatically in the form of near-annual forest fires on islands such as Sumatra and Borneo.