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Hundreds of students protested late Friday in Indonesia's Palangkaraya, demanding the government do more to tackle a wildfire crisis that has shrouded their city and the wider region in toxic haze for ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Thousands of Indonesian students protest over haze and demand emergency declared
Protesters wore thick masks against the smoke, which has tinged the city orange, and some held signs reading ‘haze emergency’ ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Students protest Central Kalimantan haze
The students, many wearing surgical masks, gathered under an eerily orange sky with severely reduced visibility and waved banners urging authorities to declare a national emergency to free up more aid ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Protesters in Indonesia Demand Action to Stop Fires in Rainforests
Smoke from the blazes, blamed on destructive agricultural practices, has sickened hundreds of thousands and blanketed neighboring countries.
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Hazardous haze engulfs Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Air particle levels in Palangka Raya have reached the hazardous category. WALHI Central Kalimantan said the response to forest and land fires needs to shift from focusing solely on firefighting to ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Indigenous Kalimantan people sue Indonesian govt over wildfire negligence
JAKARTA: Indigenous and civil society groups in West Kalimantan have sued the central government and local administrations, accusing them of deliberate negligence for failing to prevent and properly ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Students protest haze in Indonesia’s Palangkaraya
The students gathered under an eerily orange sky with severely reduced visibility, waving banners that urged authorities to declare a national emergency to free up more aid.
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Indonesian police arrest 72 people suspected of starting forest fires
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police on Sunday arrested 72 people suspected of starting some of the recent forest and peatland fires as huge blazes in central and western parts of the country ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Indonesia blames peatland degradation for raging fires, vows restoration
Indonesia has blamed peatland degradation by past food estates for its worst wildfire season in 11 years, and will work to restore its peat ecosystem, a senior official said on Thursday as thick haze ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Indonesia’s burned land doubles in September as fires rage, data shows
Indonesia's cumulative burned area was 895,650 hectares in August, but that jumped to 1.92 million hectares by the end of September.