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These Indonesian villages are powered by locally sourced sustainable energy

Della Syahni 7 Feb 2017

First Toba, now Maninjau: another mass fish death hits an Indonesian lake

Vinolia 9 Sep 2016

Timber plantations are the latest threat facing Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jun 2016

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

Mongabay Haze Beat 24 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
Picture courtesy of Greenpeace.

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

Mongabay Haze Beat 13 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
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

Jokowi pledges Indonesia peatland ‘revitalization’ to stop the burning

Mongabay Haze Beat 30 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

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

Indonesia readies shelter ships as haze last resort after #EvacuateUs hits Twitter

Mongabay Haze Beat 22 Oct 2015

Jokowi hints at company crackdown as Kalimantan residents prepare haze class action suit

Mongabay Haze Beat 21 Oct 2015

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