Indonesian Wildfires Drive Regional Haze Crisis

Chronology

1. 09-10-2026
   Indonesian Fires Harm Orangutans and Spread Regional Haze

   4 articles

   Wildfires intensified by dry-season drought and El Niño have burned large areas of Indonesian forest, destroying orangutan habitat, injuring wildlife and sending hazardous haze across Southeast Asia. Novita, a young orangutan found with burns in Central Kalimantan, was rescued by…
2. 15-10-2026
   Indonesia Tests Dry Ice as Haze Crisis Spreads

   3 articles

   Severe wildfires and drought-driven smoke have created hazardous haze across Indonesia and neighboring countries, prompting Indonesia to test releasing 1.5 tonnes of dry ice from a Cessna over Palembang, South Sumatra. Ordered by President Prabowo Subianto, the trial will be asse…