Indonesia fires burned over 1.9 mn hectares through September: monitor
The monitor said haze and drought made the burned area a likely undercount as Indonesia rejected foreign help and regional air quality worsened.
- Fires in Indonesia burned more than 1.9 million hectares through September 2026, according to monitor Nusantara Atlas, marking a 38% increase compared to the same period in 2019.
- Drought conditions since June, exacerbated by a strong El Nino cycle, drove the blazes, which span an area nearly 12 times larger than London.
- Singapore's National Environment Agency confirmed Monday that 15 consecutive days of 'unhealthy' air quality have surpassed the 2015 haze crisis, with the Pollutant Standards Index exceeding 100.
- On Monday, the NEA issued warnings to three additional companies, following notices sent to seven other Indonesian firms on Friday demanding firefighting teams and action plan submissions.
- Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Dudung Abdurachman insisted Monday that Indonesia remains 'still capable of handling the situation ourselves,' rebuffing foreign assistance despite regional haze affecting Malaysia and East Timor.
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This figure, corresponding to 12 times the area of London, is a conservative estimate in part because smoke has complicated satellite verification, according to David Gaveau, founder of the Nusantara Atlas deforestation monitoring site.
Approximately 1.9 million hectares of forest burned in Indonesia between January and the end of September of this year, a monitoring organisation that analyses satellite images, quoted by France Presse, announced on Monday. This figure, equivalent to 12th part of Romania's surface, represents a conservative estimate, partly because the smoke of...
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DnoticiasThe number is a small estimate because the smoke made it difficult to verify the focus via satellite. The Indonesian government has not provided any more official numbers on the burned areas since the end of July.
The fires in Indonesia consumed 1,916,588 hectares between January and the end of September 2026, according to an estimate released on Monday (19) by Nusantara Atlas, a platform that monitors forest cover and those burned by satellite images. The affected area is equivalent to almost 19.2 thousand square kilometers, approximately 12 times the size of London. See also: Singapore points out companies in Indonesia as responsible for fires with toxi…
Indonesia fires have burned nearly two million hectares: monitor
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Indonesia fires burned over 1.9 mn hectares through September: monitor
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