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Everyday products connect consumers to Indonesia’s peatlands through palm oil supply chains. Behind low prices lie the costs of drainage, fires and carbon emissions—and the challenge of protecting wetlands while supporting farmers.

Peat fires can smoulder beneath the surface long after visible flames disappear. The deeper cause often begins years earlier, when drainage turns wet, carbon-rich soil into fuel.

Wetlands may look like unused land, but they help manage floods, filter water and store carbon. Their loss changes how entire watersheds function.