Land-clearing a factor in fires that led to 100,000 deaths

More than 100,000 people died prematurely because of smoke and haze created by vast forest fires, mainly in Indonesia, last year, said the New York Times, pointing to research by two U.S. universities. The blazes destroyed more than 10,000 square miles of forests and began with fires intended “to clear land for palm oil plantations… » Read More

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