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Their products. it is not fair. the government _ their products. it is not fair. the government in _ their products. it is not fair. the government in westminster say they are spending billions on helping households cope with the rising cost of living but in the hebrides, it doesn't feel like that. the use of food banks is rising rapidly. these are economically fragile communities but they are also resilient, they will get through this, but it might mean their return to lives they thought they had left behind. 200 years lamine... some crofters have complicated returning to burning peat for hea...

On helping households cope with the rising cost of living but in the hebrides, it doesn't feel like that. the use of food banks is rising rapidly. these are economically fragile communities but they are also resilient communities, they will get through this, but it might a return to lives they thought they had left behind. 200 ewes lambing... some crofters, like donald mcsween, have contemplated returning to burning peat for heat, as well as growing their own food. it is almost going back to my grandfather's way of life, where you would have some livestock and some oats, barley, potatoes, carr...

The majority of peat fires are thought to be deliberately lit. other result of bad farming. in addition to slash and burn practices farmers are also draining peat land to grow palm all trees rendering the soil dry and flammable. for years palm oil cultivation has been the go to means to make a living for farmers and some outre but some are starting to make the switch. this 58 year old farmer got rid of his palm oil trees to grow chile a crop which doesn't degrade the land. or. it is very very fast in the soil because it's mainly organic matter. has some supports the switch to alternative crops...

A forest is. treated with oxygen because the 1st barratry problems when you came back after 2 weeks we observed that his condition had become much less. alongside the great health. had a devastating impact on our climate. scientists found that peat fires in indonesia pumped hundreds of millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere this year. peat fires are also notoriously difficult to put out because they continue to small the underground. we cannot extinguish the fires completely especially in the dry season we can only stop them from spreading . the good as one with.

Else as well they really used much more carbon dioxide and the fire was in the amazon around the same time emissions equal to roughly the missions of canada roughly 709000000 tons was released as compared to the 579000000 tons. i'll be speaking to a climate scientist from the agency that made this estimation but 1st here's more on the fires that blotted out the sunlight in some areas of indonesia. the native landscapes are disappearing with. every year. of rain forest mainly to make way for palm all plantations. also burning peat lands a type of wetland that still has huge amounts of natural c...