Abandoned agricultural project in Indonesian Borneo
Fires on Borneo in 2006. Fires in peat—thick layers of dead, but un-decayed vegetation—are extremely smoky and difficult to put out.
Southeast Asian haze series
Haze in Borneo, 2019
History
1990s
1997 Southeast Asian haze
1997 Indonesian forest fires
2000s
2005 Malaysian haze
2006 Southeast Asian haze
2009 Southeast Asian haze
2010s
2010 Southeast Asian haze
2013 Southeast Asian haze
2015 Southeast Asian haze
2016 Malaysian haze
2016 Southeast Asian haze
2017 Southeast Asian haze
2019 Southeast Asian haze
Key topics
Chemical equator
Deforestation
in Borneo
in Indonesia
Mega Rice Project
Peat swamp forest
Borneo
Responses
ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution
Operation Haze
Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014
People's Movement to Stop Haze
See also
Air pollution in Malaysia
API
Singapore PSI
Social and environmental impact of palm oil
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The Mega Rice Project was initiated in 1996 in the southern sections of Kalimantan, the Indonesian section of Borneo. The goal was to turn one million hectares of unproductive and sparsely populated peat swamp forest into rice paddies in an effort to alleviate Indonesia's growing food shortage. The government made a large investment in constructing irrigation canals and removing trees. The project did not succeed, and was eventually abandoned after causing considerable damage to the environment.
The MegaRiceProject was initiated in 1996 in the southern sections of Kalimantan, the Indonesian section of Borneo. The goal was to turn one million...
trees and what soil remains is washed away in tropical downpours. The MegaRiceProject was initiated in 1996 in the southern sections of Kalimantan. The...
Protocol in IEEE 802.1 Managed Recovery Process in Oracle Data Guard MegaRiceProject of Kalimantan, Indonesia Moorthorpe railway station (National Rail...
peat swamp forests for conversion to agricultural land under the MegaRiceProject (MRP). Between 1996 and 1998, more than 4,000 km of drainage and irrigation...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
swamp forests have been damaged by the MegaRiceProject, which unsuccessfully sought to turn large areas into rice paddies. The province's climate is wet...
However, since the failure of the MegaRiceProject, which drained large areas of peat forest in an attempt to create rice paddies, no further efforts are...
with an extensive rice farming project, called the MegaRiceProject, started in the 1990s, which converted 1 Mha of peatlands to rice paddies. Forest and...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
plantations, and a massive government program to drain swamps and convert them to rice paddies. A total of 240 people perished in the wildfires. Due to the heavy...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
in an area of about 280,000 hectares (1,100 sq mi) within the ex-MegaRiceProject area. Starting in 2007, the BOS Foundation was involved in the development...
Key topics Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia MegaRiceProject Peat swamp forest Borneo Responses ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary...
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