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Pulp and paper plantation on peatland in Riau. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

APP to work with 500 villages to combat deforestation

Loren Bell 13 Jan 2016

Indonesia seeks re-do on court decision absolving company for haze-causing fire

Indra Nugraha 12 Jan 2016

What’s ahead for rainforests in 2016? 10 things to watch

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jan 2016
Image taken September 24 from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite shows the "haze" as its peak. Red outlines indicate hot spots where the sensor detected unusually warm surface temperatures associated with fires. Thick gray smoke hovers over both islands and has triggered air quality alerts and health warnings in Indonesia and neighboring countries. Visibility has plummeted. NASA image by Adam Voiland (NASA Earth Observatory) and Jeff Schmaltz (LANCE MODIS Rapid Response). Caption by Adam Voiland.

50+ companies being investigated or punished for Indonesia’s haze crisis

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Dec 2015

Jokowi to oversee Indonesia peat restoration agency but details thin on the ground

Mongabay Haze Beat 26 Nov 2015

Scientists turn up haze heat on Indonesia ahead of COP21 Paris talks

Mongabay Haze Beat 25 Nov 2015

Riau emergency status to end as S. Sumatra pledges peat clampdown

Mongabay Haze Beat 24 Nov 2015

Haze compensation to poor stalls as Indonesia spends on new palm oil cartel

Mongabay Haze Beat 23 Nov 2015

Palm oil company revs up deforestation in Malaysia

Ethan Harfenist 19 Nov 2015

Fires smoulder and floods soak Sumatra as RSPO calls for palm oil reform

Mongabay Haze Beat 19 Nov 2015

VP Kalla fans flames in Manila as Indonesia presses on with water bombing

Mongabay Haze Beat 18 Nov 2015

From fires to floods: Indonesia’s disaster agency prepares for rain

Mongabay Haze Beat 17 Nov 2015
Young orangutan orphaned by the palm oil industry when its mother was killed in a plantation in Central Kalimantan. This orangutan was one of the lucky ones -- it ended up in a rehabilitation center rather than dying of starvation or being sold into the pet trade.

Greenwashing? RSPO audits rife with ‘mistakes and fraud,’ report finds

Jonathan Vit 16 Nov 2015

Singapore calls end of haze this year as Indonesia continues to push peat plans

Mongabay Haze Beat 16 Nov 2015
Picture courtesy of Greenpeace.

Jokowi turning over a new leaf for Indonesia on haze but details still foggy

Mongabay Haze Beat 13 Nov 2015
Members of the indigenous community live at the riverbanks in Kapuas river where the air is engulfed with thick haze at Sei Ahass village, Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan province on Borneo island, Indonesia. These fires are a threat to the health of millions. Smoke from landscape fires kills an estimated 110,000 people every year across Southeast Asia, mostly as a result of heart and lung problems, and weakening newborn babies.

Indonesia bans peatlands destruction

Mongabay.com 10 Nov 2015

Many Indonesia fires smoulder but danger is far from over

Mongabay Haze Beat 10 Nov 2015

Indonesian NGO takes aim at government for failure to handle haze

Mongabay Haze Beat 9 Nov 2015

Jokowi pushes universities to innovate to fight haze as respiratory diseases rise

Mongabay Haze Beat 6 Nov 2015
Picture courtesy of Greenpeace.

Photos confirm Indonesia being burned for palm oil

Mongabay Haze Beat 5 Nov 2015
APP fire-fighting crew in action.

APP pumps South Africa specialists to join haze fire fight

Mongabay Haze Beat 5 Nov 2015
Members of the local community help extinguish the fire of burning peatland in Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan province on Borneo island, Indonesia.

Privatized gain, socialized pain; Singapore foreign minister turns up heat on haze

Mongabay Haze Beat 4 Nov 2015

Indonesia breathes easier for now as haze recedes and rain falls

Mongabay Haze Beat 3 Nov 2015

Police investigate new hotspot at govt office in Palangkaraya as ‘important’ documents go up in smoke

Mongabay Haze Beat 2 Nov 2015
Members of the indigenous community live at the riverbanks in Kapuas river where the air is engulfed with thick haze at Sei Ahass village, Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan province on Borneo island, Indonesia. These fires are a threat to the health of millions. Smoke from landscape fires kills an estimated 110,000 people every year across Southeast Asia, mostly as a result of heart and lung problems, and weakening newborn babies.

Greenpeace releases dramatic haze photos as Indonesian fire emissions surpass 1.6B tons

Mongabay.com 1 Nov 2015

Jokowi pledges Indonesia peatland ‘revitalization’ to stop the burning

Mongabay Haze Beat 30 Oct 2015

Indonesian wildfire disaster threatens virgin forest in Borneo

Mongabay Haze Beat 29 Oct 2015

Raja Ampat fires destroy livelihoods; Sumatrans suffer from drought amid haze

Mongabay Haze Beat 28 Oct 2015

Jokowi cuts U.S. trip short as Tuesday rain brings hope of haze respite

Mongabay Haze Beat 27 Oct 2015

PepsiCo’s palm oil pledge should not exempt Indofood, NGOs say

Mongabay.com 27 Oct 2015

Under-fire Jokowi prepares biggest shift yet in Indonesian haze

Mongabay Haze Beat 26 Oct 2015

Indonesia hesitates on emergency status for haze; Islamic council sees ‘warning from God’

Mongabay Haze Beat 23 Oct 2015

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