Social Media Ideas for Kalimantan Hotspots

Karhutla Kalimantan Dekati IKN, Badan Otorita Ungkap 5 Titik Rawan

Otorita Ibu Kota Nusantara (OIKN) memperketat langkah mitigasi dan penanganan kebakaran hutan dan lahan (karhutla) di sekitar kawasan Nusantara dengan memetakan lima titik area pri...

DOE: Transboundary haze thickens 1,211 hotspots detected in southern Asean, mostly in Kalimantan

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 — Some 1,211 hotspots were detected across the southern Asean region based on National Oceani...

Polutan Karhutla di Kalimantan dan Sumatera Masih Terjang Malaysia hingga Singapura

Sebaran polutan imbas kebakaran hutan dan lahan (Karhutla) yang terjadi di sejumlah wilayah Kalimantan dan Sumatera bakal menerjang wilayah timur Indonesia. Bahkan, sebaran arah ut...

Deadly wildfires leave Borneo wildlife scrambling for fresh water

Wildfires in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, are leaving wildlife without fresh water as ponds turn brackish and forest pools dry up, driving animals into villages and toward the coast...

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

DOE: Over 500 hotspots in Kalimantan and Sumatra behind haze in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — The haze currently affecting the country is caused by moderate to thick smoke from cluster...

Karhutla Kalimantan, BNPB: Masih Dalam Penanganan 18.973 Hektare

Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) masih menangani kebakaran hutan dan lahan (karhutla) di Pulau Kalimantan seluas 18.973 hektare. Jumlah tersebut berdasarkan data per 22...

Indonesian wildfires threaten forest carbon projects

Scorched sanctuaries: The race to save Borneo’s orangutans from fires

Thick smog covers the forest canopy in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, dimming the sun. On the front lines, forest and land fires are not just destroying habitats; they are pushing loca...

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...

Indonesia’s forestry ministry processes 42 forest fire cases, sanctions six companies

The country’s meteorology agency detected 4,508 hotspots on Wednesday morning (Aug 26), with nearly eight in 10 in Kalimantan. President Prabowo Subianto has instructed officials t...

Rescuers race against time as fires ravage orangutan habitat inside Indonesian oil palm concession

JAKARTA — Conservationists are racing to rescue orangutans from a fire-ravaged peat-swamp forest inside an RSPO-certified oil palm concession in West Kalimantan, with smoke still r...

4 Gunung di Jawa Timur Dikepung Karhutla, Termasuk Kawasan Bromo-Semeru

Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) melaporkan penanganan kebakaran hutan dan lahan (Karhutla) masih berlangsung di empat kawasan gunung di Jawa Timur.

Indonesian wildfires threaten leading orangutan research site in Borneo

Critically endangered Bornean orangutans flee forests as staff at Cabang Panti work round the clock to stave off blazeWildfires in Indonesia are sweeping through a critical researc...

Malaysia’s air quality turns hazardous as Indonesian wildfires burn

Air pollution in Malaysia’s Bornean state of Sarawak has surged into hazardous territory, with the air pollutant index (API) topping 400 in the worst-hit district, as forest fires...

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...

Prabowo Fokus Tangani Karhutla di 6 Provinsi, Taman Nasional Tanjung Puting Jadi Prioritas

Presiden Prabowo Subianto memprioritaskan penanganan karhutla di enam provinsi. Salah satu wilayah yang menjadi perhatian khusus pemerintah adalah kawasan Taman Nasional Tanjung Pu...

Titik Panas Kembali Meningkat, Kemenhut Perkuat Operasi Pengendalian Karhutla

Kemenhut memperkuat pengendalian karhutla melalui operasi darat dan udara menyusul peningkatan jumlah titik panas dengan tingkat kepercayaan tinggi pada pemantauan terbaru.

Indonesia wildfires send toxic haze across Southeast Asia

Indonesia’s Kalimantan province, sending smoke and toxic haze across Southeast Asia.

KLH Intensifkan Operasi Modifikasi Cuaca untuk Cegah Karhutla Meluas

Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup/Badan Pengendalian Lingkungan Hidup (KLH/BPLH) mengintensifkan Operasi Modifikasi Cuaca (OMC) atau penyemaian hujan buatan untuk menanggulangi kebakara...

Indigenous activist Kynan Tegar on Indonesia’s fires, and defending the Earth

Indigenous activist and filmmaker Kynan Tegar joins the Mongabay Newscast this week to discuss the impacts of the fires devastating Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of the island...

Rescuers scramble to save orangutans as El Niño-boosted fires spread across Borneo

BANJARMASIN, Indonesia — As a strengthening El Niño fuels wildfires across much of Indonesia, NGO and government conservationists are at work in forests here trying to save an incr...

El Nino dries Kalimantan rivers, hits coal shipments in Indonesia

Wildfire in Indonesia’s Mount Bromo National Park kills 4 firefighters

MALANG, Indonesia — Four people were killed on Oct. 15 as they fought to contain a wildfire in the east of Java Island at the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, a complex of activ...