# Oil Palm Land Clearing and the Challenge of Putting Out Peat Fires

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2093499371857789225
- Source account: [@txtdrimedia](https://x.com/txtdrimedia)
- Source language: Indonesian
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:05
- Published: 2026-08-29
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- Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4S0xmpk2PS4X/id/pembukaan-lahan-sawit-dan-sulitnya-memadamkan-kebakaran-gambut.md

## Transcript

[0:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4S0xmpk2PS4X/en/oil-palm-land-clearing-and-the-challenge-of-putting-out-peat-fires?t=1) Once it's all cleared, oil palms will be planted on top.

[0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4S0xmpk2PS4X/en/oil-palm-land-clearing-and-the-challenge-of-putting-out-peat-fires?t=4) They say the owner is Galih, a resident of Pekanbaru.

[0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4S0xmpk2PS4X/en/oil-palm-land-clearing-and-the-challenge-of-putting-out-peat-fires?t=7) I don't care who you are. You might have 30 hectares around here, they say, but cut down trees and you'll get caught.

[0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4S0xmpk2PS4X/en/oil-palm-land-clearing-and-the-challenge-of-putting-out-peat-fires?t=14) Look at tree roots this big, chopped down and then burned.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4S0xmpk2PS4X/en/oil-palm-land-clearing-and-the-challenge-of-putting-out-peat-fires?t=18) Galih has it so easy. Galih is his name.

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4S0xmpk2PS4X/en/oil-palm-land-clearing-and-the-challenge-of-putting-out-peat-fires?t=20) Yes. Why is peat so ha— why is it so hard to extinguish?

[0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4S0xmpk2PS4X/en/oil-palm-land-clearing-and-the-challenge-of-putting-out-peat-fires?t=24) Because it's like a sponge. There's sti— inside here, there's still fire.

[0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4S0xmpk2PS4X/en/oil-palm-land-clearing-and-the-challenge-of-putting-out-peat-fires?t=30) That's why when using a nozzle, you pierce into the fire like that.

[0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4S0xmpk2PS4X/en/oil-palm-land-clearing-and-the-challenge-of-putting-out-peat-fires?t=34) Then the issue is water sources. Not every wildfire location has a source of water.

[0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4S0xmpk2PS4X/en/oil-palm-land-clearing-and-the-challenge-of-putting-out-peat-fires?t=40) Once it's all cleared, oil palms will be planted on top.

[0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4S0xmpk2PS4X/en/oil-palm-land-clearing-and-the-challenge-of-putting-out-peat-fires?t=44) So in about a month, oil palm seedlings will be brought in.

[0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4S0xmpk2PS4X/en/oil-palm-land-clearing-and-the-challenge-of-putting-out-peat-fires?t=46) No way. For the next three months or so, I'll will monitor on the ground. There's no way it becomes palm oil here.

[0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/4S0xmpk2PS4X/en/oil-palm-land-clearing-and-the-challenge-of-putting-out-peat-fires?t=53) That's why land burners must truly be punished as severely as possible.