Tag: Fires
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Borneo burning: Life on the frontline of South East Asia’s toxic haze
Months of fires in Indonesia have cloaked Southeast Asia in haze and made hundreds of thousands of people sick.
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Malaysia’s palm oil industry steps up fire prevention efforts as ‘Godzilla’ El Nino fuels haze woes
Prolonged dry weather linked to El Nino is affecting crop yields and hampering efforts to contain fires contributing to the regional haze, industry players say.
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Endangered orangutans released back into the wild after Borneo fires
The critically endangered apes were rescued from intense wildfires that destroyed their habitat in August and September.
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Orangutans released back into Borneo forest after devastating fires
Rescuers moved the apes after their habitats were threatened by intense wildfires over the summer.
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Why is it so hard to put out Indonesian fires shrouding the region in toxic smog?
We explain why Indonesia’s peatland fires are so difficult to battle and produce so much haze.
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Algeria introduces death penalty for arsonists after wildfires
It is estimated more than 200 people have died in blazes in the north-east of the country over the summer.
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Women fight raging forest fires in Borneo
In Indonesia, 140 women are fighting devastating wildfires. With motorcycles, water pumps and courage they are protecting villages, forests and their families from the fast-spreading blazes.
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Haze-choked Indonesia records more than 170,000 respiratory cases
More than 40,000 of the cases – which range from mild coughs to pneumonia – involve toddlers.
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Spain battles climate change on several fronts
A summer of wildfires and heatwaves underlines the threats to the country’s economy.
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Haze pushes air quality across Singapore into unhealthy range for first time in 7 years
Moderate to dense smoke plumes from fires in Kalimantan have drifted towards Singapore, said the National Environment Agency.
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