Indonesia News » East Kalimantan News Indonesia » East Kalimantan » Life: 'It smells like charred earth': BBC at Indonesia fire epicentre causing Singapore and Malaysia haze crisis
As wildfires continue to smother the region in toxic smog, the BBC travels to ground zero in Indonesian Borneo.
News Indonesia » East Kalimantan » Life: No place to breathe: life in Indonesia's fire epicentre
Irvan Maulana has struggled with shortness of breath and a cough as wildfire smoke cloaks the Indonesian city of Palangkaraya. "I've been sick, I've been short of breath, I've had a cough too, but ...
News Indonesia » East Kalimantan » Life: East Kalimantan: A New Giant in Tourism for Indonesia and the World
Tourism in East Kalimantan is getting ready for a global boom placing it as the backyard of Nusantara, the brand new Capital City of Indonesia. A vision for a different type of tourism with a focus on ...
News Indonesia » East Kalimantan » Life: Borneo is burning - living on the frontline of Asia's toxic haze
Months of fires in Indonesia have cloaked Southeast Asia in haze and made hundreds of thousands of people sick.
News Indonesia » East Kalimantan » Life: From dance to clean-air shelters: How South-east Asians are turning haze anger into action
South-east Asians turn haze anger into action with art, humour and haze shelters across Indonesia and the region. Read more at straitstimes.com.
News Indonesia » East Kalimantan » Life: Forests and community in East Kalimantan
Forests are connected to nearly every part of community life in East Kalimantan. Using methods both traditional and modern, communities manage their forests in ways that support sustainable ...
News Indonesia » East Kalimantan » Life: ‘We have to live with it’: Indonesia’s worst fires in years wreak havoc
Catastrophic fires raging on Borneo have made Alda Swarni Dewi’s life a misery, with a thick yellow haze blanketing the fields around her home, choking her and her toddler. Masks and air purifiers ...
News Indonesia » East Kalimantan » Life: Indonesia relocates 8 orangutans into protected forest after rescue from wildfires
Eight endangered orangutans rescued from areas of Indonesia's Borneo ravaged by wildfires have been released into a protected forest.
News Indonesia » East Kalimantan » Life: 100 years of Missionaries of the Holy Family in Kalimantan
On 27 February 1926, the missionaries arrived in Laham from Amsterdam, continuing the work begun by the Capuchins in 1907. The centre moved to Tering and the mission expanded until four dioceses were ...
News Indonesia » East Kalimantan » Life: Indonesia strengthens Just Transition Pathways in East Kalimantan's coal-dependent region
BALIKPAPAN, Indonesia (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO), through the Innovation Regions for a Just Energy Transition (IKI-JET) project, convened a workshop in from 23-25 June in ...