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Wildfires in Indonesia's West Kalimantan are devastating orangutan habitats, leaving the endangered primates injured and reliant on rescue efforts as their forest homes burn.
News Indonesia » West 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 » West 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 » West Kalimantan » Life: '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 » Life: Indonesia rescues orangutans from wildfires
Worsening forest and peat fires in Indonesia are hitting not just humans, but also wild animals such as orangutans. Authorities and conservation workers are making efforts to rescue the endangered ...
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: Women fight fires and sexism in Indonesian Borneo
Housework in the morning followed by several hours of firefighting: women in Indonesian Borneo risk life and limb to battle blazes making their communities sick, all while shouldering a sexist ...
News Indonesia » West 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 » West Kalimantan » Life: Indonesia wildfire haze blankets Borneo, over 113,000 respiratory infections reported
Thick smoke from wildfires is blanketing large areas of Indonesia's Borneo island, raising health concerns among residents and disrupting daily life and livelihoods.
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: Thick haze disrupts flights on Indonesia’s Borneo island
PONTIANAK, Indonesia (AP) — Thick smoke from forest fires has disrupted airline flights for several days in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province as an intensifying El Niño weather pattern and a ...
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: BNPB Chief Apologizes for Calling Kalimantan Haze Situation 'Normal'
BNPB chief Suharyanto clarifies his "normal" remark, saying haze continues to affect air quality, health, education and flights in Kalimantan.
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: Residents on Indonesia's Borneo take their grievances over 3-month fires and choking haze to court
Residents on Indonesia's Borneo take their grievances over 3-month fires and choking haze to court - A group of residents on Indonesia's island of Borneo have accused the government of negligence in h ...
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: Indonesia's Dry Season to Be Drier This Year, Peak in September
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) projects that the dry season peak will occur from August to September this year in Indonesia. The Head of BMKG, Teuku ...