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Rescuers race against time as fires ravage orangutan habitat inside Indonesian oil palm concession

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Sep 2026
Haze blankets Pontianak, a city in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province, on Sept. 3, 2026.

In Southeast Asia, residents grapple with life under Indonesia’s wildfire haze

Choo Ching Yee, Oliver Samson, Irfan Maulana, Krismes Santo Haloho 17 Sep 2026

EU plans new firefighting fleet after deadly summer heat wave

Associated Press 16 Sep 2026
A forest and land fire burning in the Bukit Soeharto protected forest area in Sepaku, North Penajam Paser regency, Sept. 1, 2026.

Wildfires on doorstep of Indonesia’s new capital as environmental and health crisis flares

Niken D. Sitoningrum 15 Sep 2026

Ituna/Itatá invasion escalates as Indigenous Land faces fires and illegal clearing

Aimee Gabay 12 Sep 2026

Japan deploys equipment to Indonesia’s Borneo to help fight wildfires causing toxic haze

Associated Press 10 Sep 2026
Raina accompanies her only son, Muhammad Raihan (5), who is undergoing treatment at the Banjarmasin Islamic Hospital after experiencing respiratory complaints amid the haze from forest and land fires

Children’s health at risk in south Borneo as El Niño intensifies Indonesia wildfires

Riyad Dafhi Rizki 10 Sep 2026
This orangutan, named Sampurna, was rescued after being exposed to smoke from forest and land fires in Ketapang Regency, West Kalimantan.

Rescuers scramble to save orangutans as El Niño-boosted fires spread across Borneo

Rendy Tisna 9 Sep 2026
Lila Devi uses a traditional sickle to demonstrate how locals craft a jhapa.

Sickles, sarees and smoke: Women on the frontlines of Uttarakhand forest fires

Swati Thapa 8 Sep 2026
The riverside in Kuching city center, Sarawak state, Malaysia, is shrouded in thick haze, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. Image by AP Photo/Xpin Voon.

As Indonesia’s wildfires rage, haze spreads farther across Southeast Asia

Yenni Kwok 4 Sep 2026

Repeal of US Roadless Rule could threaten drinking water for 25 million people

Liz Kimbrough 3 Sep 2026

Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone

Associated Press 2 Sep 2026

Indonesia charges 72 over fires as haze chokes Borneo and Sumatra

Naina Rao 25 Aug 2026
Koalas typically climb into the upper reaches of trees to escape fire

Rescue networks built by fire: Saving animals from Australia’s bushfires

Starre Vartan 24 Aug 2026

In Spain & South Africa, communities use restoration to ‘grow’ fire insurance (commentary)

Claire Patterson, Penelope Choussat 24 Aug 2026
Rainburst over the Amazon. Image by Rhett Ayers Butler

New studies portray Amazon as surprisingly resilient, but tipping point looms

Amanda Magnani 14 Aug 2026

Indonesia’s wildfire season surges as haze spreads into Malaysia

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Aug 2026

Forest fires likely to continue to burn twice as much without ‘serious action’ on climate change

Mike DiGirolamo 11 Aug 2026

Wildfire ravages Indonesia’s Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park

Naina Rao 11 Aug 2026

Climate change doubled likelihood of Canada’s extreme fire weather, study finds

Naina Rao 10 Aug 2026

Flames reach edge of orangutan rehabilitation center, with fire season set to intensify

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Aug 2026

Climate change boosted Spain wildfire risk 20-fold, research shows

Naina Rao 31 Jul 2026

New fire satellites offer hope for Amazon and other biomes, but local barriers remain

Benjamin Swift 30 Jul 2026

Indonesia shows elevated fire hotspot activity in 2026 as super El Niño threat looms

Hans Nicholas Jong, Irfan Maulana 29 Jul 2026
Overhead view of the Rio Huaypetue gold mine in the Peruvian Amazon. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Mining, drilling, and fire are fragmenting the world’s largest forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Jul 2026

French wildfire created a monster cloud, unleashing lightning that ignited more fires

Associated Press 27 Jul 2026
avocado plantations

In Michoacán, Mexico, drying soil threatens water supplies and avocados, says study

Caitlin Cooper 23 Jul 2026

Wildfire spreads near popular French tourist town as thousands are evacuated

Associated Press 23 Jul 2026
Fire in the Chiquitania forest in the south of Bolivia, September 2024. Image © Juan Karita/AP photo.

Third year of wildfires threaten isolated Indigenous group in Bolivia

Shanna Hanbury 22 Jul 2026
Women and youth entrepreneurs in Kenya receiving training in clean cooking techniques. Image courtesy of UNDP Kenya.

Clean cooking expands at record pace in Africa, but lags behind population growth

Ini Ekott 20 Jul 2026
Amazon rainforest burned in Acre, Brazil, to make way for cattle pastures. Image courtesy of Victor Moriyama/Climate Visuals.

Amazon deforestation falls to 10-year low in first half of 2026

Shanna Hanbury 16 Jul 2026

Wildfires expose millions in the Midwest and Northeast US to dangerous smoke

Associated Press 15 Jul 2026

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