that's true if they let the trees re-grow to maturity and let the deep layers of peat reform (which AFAIK takes a really long time). for better or worse these

that's true if they let the trees re-grow to maturity and let the deep layers of peat reform (which AFAIK takes a really long time). for better or worse these stands of older trees are a finite resource, and once they've burned them all the problem stops getting worse. But by then the CO2 is released and unlikely to be re-sequestered in Indonesia anytime soon