The health impacts of Indonesian peatland fires

• Main Authors: Lars Hein (Author), Joseph V. Spadaro (Author), Bart Ostro (Author), Melanie Hammer (Author), Elham Sumarga (Author), Resti Salmayenti (Author), Rizaldi Boer (Author), Hesti Tata (Author), Dwi Atmoko (Author), Juan-Pablo Castañeda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Indonesian peatlands have been drained for agricultural development for several decades. This development has made a major contribution to economic development. At the same time, peatland drainage is causing significant air pollution resulting from peatland fires. Peatland fires...