JAKARTA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Indonesia has blamed peatland degradation by past food estates for its worst wildfire season in ...

For weeks, parts of Indonesian Borneo have resembled an Armageddon landscape, with masked residents engulfed in a putrid, red ...

By analyzing peat moss cell surface chemistry, researchers identified how these bogs store more carbon than all other living ...

The fires have caused 175,000 cases of respiratory illness in Indonesia, and an emergency was declared in Sarawak, Malaysia.

Indonesia is reviving a dedicated peatland and mangrove agency amid its worst wildfires in years. Experts cautiously welcome ...

Indonesia peatland fires 2026 have burned nearly 895,000 hectares at record pace, driven not by drought but by engineered water-table collapse from plantation canals. With Indonesia's restoration ...

THE country has blamed peatland degradation by past food estates for its worst wildfire season in 11 years, and will work to ...

Experts say communities like Sriwati’s are facing a severe water crisis as this year’s super El Niño, combined with decades ...

Smoke rises from a smouldering peatland fire at Pulang Pisau in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, on Thurday, Sept. 24, 2026. - Bloomberg JAKARTA: President Prabowo Subianto’s plan to revive a ...

Tropical peatlands are among the most efficient carbon sinks. The flip side is that they can become massive emitters of carbon if they are damaged, for instance, by land use change, degradation or ...

The birds are up with the sunrise — warblers, flycatchers, sparrows and towhees calling across the treetops. Deer browse on tender buds emerging from dense shrubs. Black bears scrounge for roots, ...

President Prabowo Subianto has called for intensified peatland research as part of efforts to strengthen Indonesia's resilience to wildfires, Higher ...