Indonesia Wildfires
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About wildfires in Indonesia
Indonesia's fire crisis is closely linked to peatland drainage and conversion for palm oil plantations. When tropical peat swamps are drained and burned, they can produce devastating fires that burn underground for months, generating toxic haze that affects air quality across Southeast Asia.
The 2015 Indonesian fire season was one of the worst environmental disasters in modern history, with fires releasing more CO2 daily than the entire US economy. Sumatra and Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) are the most affected regions. El Niño years bring significantly worse fire conditions.
This tracker monitors all fire activity across Indonesia's archipelago in real-time.