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The Latest Breaking News from Kalimantan

Singapore expands crackdown on Indonesian companies linked to haze

Singapore has issued preventive notices to three more Indonesian companies to tackle and prevent forest fires in Kalimantan province

The Independent UK · Oct 19

‘The physical toll is visceral’: How Indonesia’s fire haze affects millions - visual guide

Intensified by this year’s super El Niño, fires in Borneo and Sumatra are emitting toxic air for swathes of the population in Indonesia and its neighbours

The Guardian - AU · Sep 21

Thick haze disrupts flights on Indonesia's Borneo island

Thick smoke from forest fires has disrupted flights in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province

The Independent UK · Sep 14

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Maps show surge in Indonesian wildfire hotspots where people and orangutans are choking to death

Indonesian minister says ‘super El Nino’ conditions deepening drought and fuelling fires

The Independent UK · Sep 3

‘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

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25

Gandang Ahung of the Dayak people: More than a gong ensemble, a way of life at risk

It was first started one morning in 2015. I travelled 109 kilometres from Palangka Raya to a village in the Katingan River basin, Central Kalimantan. When I entered the village, I could feel the sound of the Gandang Ahung, the sacred gong ensemble used in the Tiwah death ceremony, vibrating…

The Conversation · May 28, 2025

Peat was historically mined overseas because it burns so well. But Australia’s subtropical peat bogs need fire to survive

When I lived in Kalimantan in Indonesia in the 1990s and later in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, I would often wake to toxic, smoke-filled skies. The air would be filled with the distinctive smell of burning peat, as farmers cleared tropical peat swamp forests to make way for oil palm…

The Conversation · Jun 3, 2024

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Chinese rocket re-entry: suspected debris lands in Malaysia and Indonesia

Charred ring of metal five metres in diameter found in Kalimantan and smaller piece discovered in Sarawak, Malaysia

The Guardian - AU · Aug 2, 2022

Indonesia names new capital Nusantara, replacing sinking Jakarta

Government offices will relocate to province of East Kalimantan, easing burden on Java metropolis as it battles environmental problems

The Guardian - AU · Jan 18, 2022

Indonesia passes law to relocate capital to Borneo jungle

Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill to relocate Indonesia's capital from Jakarta to a site deep within the jungle of Kalimantan on Borneo island, the most significant advancement of an idea the country's leaders have been toying with for years.

Reuters · Jan 18, 2022

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