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News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: Praying for rain as fires, haze plague Indonesian Borneo

News channel or source: https://phys.org/news/2026-09-praying-haze-plague-indonesian-borneo.html
Published on: Monday 07 September 2026

Wildfires ravaging the Indonesian part of Borneo are choking communities as far away as Malaysia with putrid haze, testing the resources and resolve of those who must endure it.

News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: How Wildfire Haze Is Disrupting Life Across Kalimantan: Report

News channel or source: https://en.tempo.co/read/2119166/how-wildfire-haze-is-disrupting-life-across-kalimantan-report
Published on: Tuesday 08 September 2026

Wildfire haze in Indonesia's Kalimantan is disrupting schools, straining health services and affecting communities across the region.

News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: Indonesian activists seek ‘firm action’ as wildfire season grips region

News channel or source: https://www.ucanews.com/news/indonesian-activists-seek-firm-action-as-wildfire-season-grips-region/115205
Published on: Monday 07 September 2026

Environmental and church-linked groups in Indonesia have urged authorities to prosecute companies suspected of links to forest and land fires, after police named 138 people as suspects, amid a ...

News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: As Indonesia burns, indigenous Dayak communities come under threat

News channel or source: https://www.asianews.it/en/south-east-asia/indonesia/as-indonesia-burns-indigenous-dayak-communities-come-under-threat
Published on: Monday 31 August 2026

Thousands of fires are raging in West Kalimantan and elsewhere. “We can no longer make a living,” a witness told AsiaNews. Indonesia is receiving international aid from eight countries, including ...

News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: Maps show surge in Indonesian wildfire hotspots as haze engulfs region

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/mapped-indonesia-s-wildfires-spread-toxic-haze-across-southeast-asia/ar-AA2btyRU
Published on: Wednesday 02 September 2026

Maps show surge in Indonesian wildfire hotspots where people and orangutans are choking to death - Indonesian minister says ‘super El Nino’ conditions deepening drought and fuelling fires ...

News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: In Photos: Indonesia Forest Fires Blanket Sumatra and Kalimantan in Thick Haze

News channel or source: https://jakartaglobe.id/news/in-photos-indonesia-forest-fires-blanket-sumatra-and-kalimantan-in-thick-haze
Published on: Sunday 23 August 2026

Forest fires have burned 64,341 hectares across Indonesia, blanketing communities in thick haze and disrupting daily life.

News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: Indonesian wildfires spurred by super El Niño choke South-East Asia

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-au/public-safety-and-emergencies/natural-disasters/indonesian-wildfires-spurred-by-super-el-ni%C3%B1o-choke-south-east-asia/ar-AA2bGSY6
Published on: Sunday 06 September 2026

For three exhausting months, Andri Susanto and his crew have been fighting raging fires on the island of Borneo — and blazes are taking a toll across the region.

News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: West Kalimantan’s 4,000 hotspots likely to prolong haze in Sarawak

News channel or source: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/08/20/west-kalimantans-4000-hotspots-likely-to-prolong-haze-in-sarawak/232038
Published on: Thursday 20 August 2026

The ongoing haze in Sarawak is expected to persist as forest and land fires continue to rage in neighbouring West Kalimantan.According to a report by ...

News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: Japan Lends a Helping Hand with Chinook Helicopters to Combat Indonesian Wildfires

News channel or source: https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/science-environment/3974252-japan-lends-a-helping-hand-with-chinook-helicopters-to-combat-indonesian-wildfires
Published on: Monday 07 September 2026

Japan is deploying three CH-47 Chinook helicopters with 180 crew members to Indonesia to assist in battling wildfires ravaging Sumatra and Borneo islands. The effort aims to tackle blazes that have ...

News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: Orangutan dies after smoke exposure from Indonesia forest fires

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/orangutan-dies-smoke-exposure-indonesia-111841496.html
Published on: Wednesday 02 September 2026

An adult male orangutan found struggling to breathe in a palm oil plantation on Indonesia's Borneo died hours after being rescued, authorities said on Thursday. The orangutan, named Sampurna and ...

News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: Wildfires Reignite in Indonesia's North Kalimantan

News channel or source: https://en.tempo.co/read/2118796/wildfires-reignite-in-indonesias-north-kalimantan
Published on: Wednesday 02 September 2026

Wildfires have reignited in North Kalimantan, with authorities working to contain fires that have burned around 55 hectares of land in Bulungan.

News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Life: Indonesian Muslims brave choking smoke to pray for rain as country battles wildfires

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/indonesian-muslims-brave-choking-smoke-to-pray-for-rain-as-country-battles-wildfires/ar-AA2aRESS
Published on: Tuesday 25 August 2026

Emergency services have been battling fires driven by an intensifying El Niño climate pattern and a prolonged dry season, generating dense smoke that crossed into Malaysia and Brunei. View on euronews ...