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A mother bathes her son on their floating house on a peatland river in the Kerumutan protected forest near Teluk Meranti village in Pelalawan
11 Nov 2009
Source: Reuters
 
A mother bathes her son on their floating house on a peatland river in the Kerumutan protected forest near Teluk Meranti village in Pelalawan, Indonesia's Riau province, November 11, 2009. An Indonesia-based study is showing carbon-rich tropical peatlands trap more greenhouse gases than first thought, driving up their potential value on the carbon market and strengthening the case for their protection. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA ENVIRONMENT)
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A fisherman rows his boat on a peatland river in the Kerumutan protected forest near Teluk Meranti village in Pelalawan, Indonesia's Riau province, November 11, 2009. An Indonesia-based study is showing ...


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