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Borneo forest fires spike again: Why El Niño isn't the sole culprit
Forest and land fires across Indonesia have spiked once again. News and social media in the country are flooded with images of thick plumes of smoke from Kalimantan (or Borneo)—the world's third-largest island—that are choking residential areas and even drifting into neighboring
Borneo forest fires spike again: Why El Niño isn’t the sole culprit
Kalimantan’s land fires aren’t just down to El Niño—they are caused by soil losing its ability to hold water. Prevention must start by restoring the soil’s natural balance.
‘Like smoking a cigarette’: Indonesia chokes on haze as blazes intensify amid super ‘El Niño’
In Indonesia’s Kalimantan, fires have ravaged tens of thousands of acres, with suffocating smoke reaching Malaysia and putting Singapore on alert Suwadi can barely see five metres in front of him when he steps outside his home in Indonesian Borneo. Each breath, he says, feels “li