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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 » Politics: 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 » West Kalimantan » Politics: West Kalimantan Residents Sue Prabowo over Forest Fires
West Kalimantan residents are demanding that Prabowo's government declare the forest fires a national disaster.
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Politics: Indonesia’s forest fires will be extinguished within a month, Environment Minister says
JAKARTA: Indonesia expects to extinguish its forest fires within a month, Environment Minister Jumhur Hidayat said on (Oct 13), as the government weighs offers of firefighting help from neighbouring ...
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Politics: Indonesia deploys nearly 17,000 personnel to fight fires in Central Kalimantan, South Sumatra
Ground operations are being prioritised over aerial operations because poor visibility has restricted water-bombing helicopter operations ...
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Politics: Prabowo Expected Far More Land to Still Be Burning in Indonesia
Prabowo says Indonesia's forest fires have declined more than he expected, with 639 hectares still burning across six provinces.
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Politics: Indonesia haze: 1,104 hotspots, estimated 1,700 deaths and foreign aid rejected
Smoke and non-fire pollution have contributed to thousands of deaths in Indonesia in August alone, affecting mainly toddlers.
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Politics: Indonesia names over 200 people, nine firms as suspects over forest fires as transboundary haze worsens
The latest comments from the Indonesian authorities come as Malaysia on Wednesday (Oct 14) said that the two countries have “for the first time” begun discussions to explore ways of working together ...
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Politics: Indonesia Police Name Nine Corporate Suspects in Forest and Land Fire Cases, 223 Individuals Also Charged
Indonesian police have named nine suspects in forest and land fire cases involving corporations, while 223 individuals have been named suspects in ...
News Indonesia » West Kalimantan » Politics: '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 » West Kalimantan » Politics: ‘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 ...