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View all search resultsProduction in the world's largest palm oil producer after Indonesia plunged 20 percent during a 2016 El Nino event, but the impact this year has so far not been severe, said the regulator's director-general, Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir.
The Environment and Forestry Ministry estimates that nearly 270,000 hectares of land and forest have been burned so far this year, with West Kalimantan, East Nusa Tenggara, South Kalimantan and East Java among the worst-hit provinces.
Thick haze has blanketed parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan as fires continue to rage, in part due to El Niño, and affected regions have started imposing measures to anticipate related health impacts, including a mask mandate for schools.