Carbon timebomb

June 13 2003, Riau, Indonesia: A satellite image of smoke from more than 1,000 fires, most of which were set deliberately. Photograph: National University of Singapore/epa/Corbis

August 13 2005, Minas, Sumatra: A villager walks past a smouldering field. Photograph: Tatan Syuflana/AP

August 13 2005, Minas, Sumatra: Smoke rises from a burning forest set alight for land-clearing. Photograph: Tatan Syuflana/AP

August 14 2005, Rokan Hilir, Indonesia: A family sit on a vehicle as they are evacuated from their home because of burning peatland. Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters/Corbis

August 19 2005: Riau, Indonesia: Palm oil seeds are harvested at a plantation in Rokan Hilir. Photograph: Dimas Ardian/Getty

2007, Indonesia: The palm oil industry lays waste to tribal lands. Photograph: Jonathan Green/Rex Features

June 9 2007, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia: A fishermen walks with his children in Sumbulu village, once a heavily forested area. Parts of Kalimantan are being stripped of forests by plantation companies hoping to cash in on the use of palm oil. Photograph: Ed Wray/AP

July 3 2007: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Delegates walk past bunches of oil palm fruit during a commodities conference and exhibition. Photograph: Tengku Bahar/AFP

July 3 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Halved oil palm kernels. Photograph: Tengku Bahar/AFP

October 7 2006, Pelalawan, Indonesia: Tree trunks are gathered at a forest in Riau province. Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters/Corbis

October 22 2007, Riau, Sumatra: Greenpeace activists displaying a banner reading 'Save our forest, save our climate'. Photograph: Oka Budhi/Greenpeace/EPA

November 2 2007, Pekanbaru, Indonesia: Two huts built on natural peat. Riau loses around 182.140 hectars of its peat annually, according to a World Wildlife Fund report. Pulpwood, palm oil plantation development and illegal logging are the major causes of deforestation. Photograph: Ahmad Zamroni/AFP