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JAKARTA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The size of land burned in Indonesia in September was double the area from a month earlier, according to a deforestation monitor, as the country battles fierce wildfires ...
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Events: 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 » West Kalimantan » Events: Indonesia wildfire lawsuit names Prabowo as peat fires sicken 283,000 residents
Indonesia wildfire lawsuit against President Prabowo Subianto held its second hearing October 21, as Indonesia recorded 283,270 respiratory illness cases across seven provinces. Scientists say ...
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Events: Indonesia’s disaster mitigation masterplan hinges on enforcement, community preparedness
A string of disasters has prompted Indonesia to draw up a mitigation masterplan. Experts tell CNA that one of the challenges is ensuring the capabilities are consistently connected and maintained ...
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Events: Is Indonesia's Ring of Fire Linked to Forest Fires?
In the context of wildfires, Bambang said Indonesia is appropriately designated as either a global fire hotspot or the peat fire capital of the world due to its exceedingly high vulnerability. "For ...
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Events: Indonesia Makes Fullest Effort on Forest Fires, Minister Says
Human Rights Minister Pigai defended government efforts to control forest fires and proposed protections for environmental rights in the revised law.
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Events: ‘The toll is huge’: El Niño-driven wildfires overwhelm Indonesia’s orangutan population
The global climate phenomenon has triggered devastating infernos in the ape’s Indonesian heartlands, with long-term effects on the animals still unknown ...
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Events: 'Our babies are coughing': Life at epicentre of Indonesian wildfires choking Singapore and Malaysia
As wildfires continue to smother the region in toxic smog, the BBC travels to ground zero in Indonesian Borneo.
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Events: El Niño Drought Strands Indonesia’s Palm Oil Farmers As Kapuas River Recedes
An El Niño-driven drought has lowered the Kapuas River in Indonesia, stranding palm oil barges, disrupting mills and leaving smallholders with unsold, rotting harvests.
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Events: Indonesia Pollution Index Hits 1,023: Worst Kalimantan Haze Sends Millions of Students Online
Primary school teacher Eli Triana, 43, teaches her students online due to worsening air quality caused by wildfire in South Sumatra after the local government ordered schools to switch online in ...
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Events: ‘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 » West Kalimantan » Events: Ministry of Forestry Detects 20,818 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in Central Kalimantan (Monday, 12 October 2026)
Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry recorded 20,818 hotspots nationwide (up 8,642) over 24 hours as of 12 Oct 2026. Central Kalimantan had the highest count. Higher hotspot confidence means greater wildf ...