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Society 1 week ago
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One orangutan dies, more rescued as wildfire rages
Sempurna, an adult male Bornean orangutan previously found weak in a community oil palm plantation in West Kalimantan’s Ketapang, died after suffering from low blood oxygen level from inhaling too much wildfire smoke, as confirmed by authorities.
Society 1 week ago
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Unchecked businesses blamed for raging wildfires
Lands within business concessions of a size roughly equivalent to the total area of Jakarta have been burned since January, with most fire coming from areas earmarked for oil palm plantations, according to a recent analysis from an environmental group.
Asia & Pacific 1 week ago
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Haze besieges Southeast Asia as Indonesia’s wildfires rage on
On Wednesday morning, seven air monitoring stations across the metropolitan area of Philippine capital Manila recorded “unhealthy levels” of PM2.5 pollutant particulate, according to the country’s Environment and Natural Resources Department (DENR).
Asia & Pacific 1 week ago
Reducing wildfires will be challenging as El Niño peaks this month, minister warns
Indonesia has intensified efforts to contain haze from forest and land fires across six provinces in Kalimantan and Sumatra islands. The haze has caused respiratory illnesses and forced thousands of schools to move classes online, including in neighbouring Malaysia.
Archipelago 1 week ago
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Burning Kalimantan forests put orangutans at risk
Fires not only directly affect Bornean orangutans by destroying their habitats, but also potentially put the primates at risk of respiratory health issues and disrupting their reproduction, which may push them further to ward extinction, according to conservationists.
Archipelago 2 weeks ago
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Illegal logging persists in Riau as wildfires sweep province
The Riau Forest Rescue Network (Jikalahari) said its records showed that 66 percent of Riau’s natural forest had disappeared over the past 25 years, falling from 3.91 million hectares in 2000 to 1.31 million ha in 2025.
Society 2 weeks ago
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Forestry reform critical as wildfires threatens health, ecosystems
The plan to revise the 1999 Forestry Law may fail to address decades-long poor governance in the sector that has resulted in wildfires in large parts of Sumatra, Kalimantan and Papua throughout this year’s dry season, civil groups say.
Society 2 weeks ago
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Pressure piles on Indonesia to contain wildfire haze
In a statement issued late on Tuesday, the Transportation Ministry’s civil aviation director general, Lukman Laisa, said his office had not received a flight clearance request for Malaysian aircraft to carry out a waterbombing mission in areas hit by wildfires.
Archipelago 2 weeks ago
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Millions suffer respiratory illnesses as haze spreads nationwide
More than 3 million people in 37 cities and regencies nationwide have been directly exposed to smoke from wildfires, according to the Health Ministry, with affected regions noting a significant jump in respiratory cases since late July.
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