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Indonesia’s wildfire emissions surge to world’s highest, data shows

Indonesia is facing ⁠a surge in emissions from wildfires burning through parched stretches of forest and peatland on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, with carbon dioxide readings...

Indonesian wildfires threaten forest carbon projects

Indonesian wildfire emissions surge to world's highest

JAKARTA: Indonesia is facing a surge in emissions from ​wildfires burning through parched stretches of forest and peatland on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, with carbon dioxide...

How wildfires are threatening Indonesia’s economy and carbon market

Forest and peatland fires raging across Indonesia are threatening to become more than an environmental emergency, with analysts warning that the thickening haze could weigh on econ...

Indonesia’s Prabowo mulls labelling wildfires as ‘ecological terrorism’

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has called for stricter regulations and sanctions against those who use slash and burn methods to clear land, as the country struggles to cont...

In Indonesia's West Kalimantan, prolonged fires and haze choke residents

Indonesia’s most dangerous fires are burning underground

Indonesia’s dangerous peat fires are surging early in the 2026 fire season as a strengthening El Niño and severe drought dry out wetlands that can burn underground for months. Thes...

Indonesia steps up wildfire fight as haze spreads

As fires spread, Indonesia’s rubber growers draw on traditional ways to fight back

PENUKAL ABAB LEMATANG ILIR, Indonesia — Sumanti raced her motorcycle past the rubber trees as flames spread through the dry brush. No one had picked up the phone as the wildfire co...

Protests in Indonesia Demand Action to Stop Rainforest Fires

Smoke from the blazes, blamed on destructive agricultural practices, has sickened hundreds of thousands and blanketed neighboring countries.

Indonesia battles forest fires across 1,000 hectares outside priority provinces

Indonesian firefighters have extinguished fires on just over 500 hectares of a 983-hectare target across six priority provinces, leaving 481 hectares still burning, the national di...

Indonesia’s West Java Fires Ravage 237 Hectares

Indonesia Faces Growing Wildfire Crisis as 237 Hectares Burn INDONESIA – At least 237 hectares have burned in Indonesia’s West Java province as prolonged dry conditions continue to...

El Niño-fuelled wildfires destroy precious Indonesian forests – in pictures

Indonesian authorities intensify operations as fires continue to burn across Sumatra and Kalimantan, with haze spreading to Malaysia, Singapore and Philippines Continue reading...

As Indonesia’s wildfires rage, haze spreads farther across Southeast Asia

Haze from wildfires in Indonesia has spread even farther this week, reaching beyond Malaysia and Brunei to Singapore and the Philippines. On Sept. 4, Singaporean residents woke to...

El Niño fuels wildfires in Indonesia, sickening some 100,000 people

The fires are burning peatlands, which can release more particulate matter into the air than other wildfires

The Worst Fires in Indonesia May Be the Ones You Can’t See

Indonesia’s underground peat fires are surging under El Niño and drought, raising fears of another destructive fire season. Some fires race across the surface. Indonesia’s peat fir...

Indonesia accused of ‘gross negligence’ in wildfires lawsuit as haze tests region

NGOs in Indonesian Borneo file class action lawsuit calling for government to better manage annual fires and The Indonesian government has been accused of “gross negligence” in a c...

Indonesia’s choking wildfire, haze worsen breathing woes on Borneo

The country is experiencing its most intense fires in 11 years as "super-El Nino" conditions drive up temperatures and cause punishing droughts.

Wildfires on doorstep of Indonesia’s new capital as environmental and health crisis flares

PENAJAM PASER, Indonesia — Indonesia’s escalating wildfire crisis has reached the outskirts of Nusantara, the new capital city under construction as the world’s fourth-most-populou...

‘Perpetuating stupidity’: Indonesia comes under fire for response to burning and haze

JAKARTA — Indonesia is facing growing criticism over its response to a forest and land fire crisis that has sent choking haze billowing into neighboring Malaysia and Singapore, but...

Wildfires threaten Indonesia’s new capital as carrier ordered in

Indonesia’s wildfires are creeping towards Nusantara, the country’s new capital under construction on Borneo island, challenging its promise of becoming an eco-friendly “smart fore...

El Niño: Indonesia fire emissions in 2026 ‘on track’ to match record for this century

Wildfires currently burning large swathes of land in Indonesia are on track to produce emissions on a par with the… The post El Niño: Indonesia fire emissions in 2026 ‘on track’ to...

‘The physical toll is visceral’: How Indonesia’s fire haze affects millions - visual guide

Intensified by this year’s super El Niño, fires in Borneo and Sumatra are emitting toxic air for swathes of the population in Indonesia and its neighboursFor months, parts of Indon...

Indonesia wildfire fuelled by El Niño razes almost 300 homes

Hundreds of people displaced in Bangka Belitung province as shift in wind direction drove blaze towards settlementA forest fire on Indonesia’s Sumatra island fuelled by El Niño has...