Indonesia Tightens Land-Clearing Laws as Peat Fires Displace Hundreds and Choke Southeast Asia
Sourced from 6 publications
- •Indonesia plans to tighten land-clearing laws, including scrapping exemptions for small-scale traditional burning, per CNA
- •El Niño-fueled wildfires have razed nearly 300 homes in Bangka Belitung, with The Guardian calling conditions the worst in a decade
- •The BBC reports growing anger at companies accused of burning land and authorities who failed to intervene
- •Eight endangered orangutans were relocated to protected forest after wildfire destroyed their habitat, according to Al Jazeera
- •Indonesia is evaluating foreign firefighting assistance and aims to contain the fires within a month
Sources
Who's to blame for the toxic smog choking South East Asia?
BBC World
Indonesia to assess foreign firefighting aid offers, hopes to extinguish blazes...
Channelnewsasia
Eight orangutans find new forest home in Indonesia after wildfire rescue
Al Jazeera
Drivers queue for hours in Bali amid fuel shortage
Al Jazeera
Damaged and drained, Indonesia's peatlands go up in smoke
Thestar
The World's Heaviest Insect Was Almost Wiped Out. Now It's Breeding in the Wild...
Zmescience
Indonesia wildfire fuelled by El Niño razes almost 300 homes
The Guardian
Curated from 6 sources. Every summary is reviewed for accuracy, but may still contain errors. We always link to original sources for verification.
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