Borneo Forest Fires Spike Again: Why El Niño Isn’t the Sole Culprit
Authorities have arrested more than 70 people and opened probes into at least four companies as the fires spread haze across the region.
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An exceptionally dry summer, driven by a severe version of the El Niño weather phenomenon, has transformed Indonesia’s forests and peatlands into a gigantic pyre. In what is already described as one of the most serious environmental emergencies in the region in recent years, fire has consumed more than 200,000 hectares in Borneo and Sumatra between January and July, burying entire communities under a thick noxious smoke. The epicenter of tragedy…
Borneo forest fires spike again: Why El Niño isn’t the sole culprit
Forest and land fires across Indonesia have spiked once again. News and social media in the country are flooded with images of thick plumes of smoke from Kalimantan (or Borneo) — the world’s third largest island, which are choking residential areas and even drifting into neighbouring countries. It is tempting to write this off as a purely weather-driven crisis: the dry season is well underway, and a strengthening El Niño is driving temperatures …
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