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Indonesian Fires Destroyed 1.6 Million Hectares Of Land This Year: Study
Fires in Indonesia that spread a smoky haze over Southeast Asia this year burned at least 1.6 million hectares of mostly degraded land and carbon-rich peatlands, data from a respected research group showed on Monday.
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"This Is Earth Not Mars": Blood Red Skies Unsettle Indonesians
While smoke from forest fires in Indonesia often simply obscures visibility with a choking haze, parts of Sumatra island recently witnessed blood red skies due to the interaction of sunlight on particles from smoke in the air.
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"This Is Not Mars": Indonesia Skies Turn Blood Red After Forest Fires
Skies over an Indonesian province turned red over the weekend, thanks to the widespread forest fires which have plagued huge parts of the country.
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Thousands Of Schools Shut In Malaysia, Indonesia As Haze Affects Students
Thousands of schools were shuttered across Malaysia and Indonesia Thursday, affecting at least 1.7 million pupils, officials said, as toxic haze from rampant forest fires sent air quality plummeting.
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Indonesians Choked By Toxic Haze Due To Forest Fire Pray For Rain
Hundreds of people held a mass prayer for rain in a smoke-filled Indonesian city on Friday, desperately hoping that downpours will extinguish forest fires and wash away the toxic haze covering wide swathes of the country.
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Choking Hazard: Air Pollution Hangs Over Asian Games 2018
Jakarta's toxic skies have been stuck at unhealthy levels for weeks despite drastic efforts to cut down on congestion, including an odd-even licence plate system.
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Indonesia Rejects US Research Estimate Of 100,000 Haze Deaths
Harvard and Columbia university research showing smoke from land fires in Southeast Asia led to more than 100,000 premature deaths last year "makes no sense at all," an official at Indonesia's Health Ministry said today.
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Study Estimates 100,000 Premature Deaths From Indonesia Haze
Indonesian forest fires that choked a swath of Southeast Asia with a smoky haze for weeks last year may have caused more than 100,000 premature deaths, according to new research that will add to pressure on Indonesia's government to tackle the annual crisis.
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Indonesian Clerics Issue Fatwa Against Intentional Forest Fires
Indonesia's top Islamic clerical body said today it has issued a fatwa against intentionally starting forest fires in a bid to stop the blazes that cloak Southeast Asia in haze every year.
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Indonesia Issues Haze Warning To Neighbours As Forest Fires Spread
Indonesia today warned that a haze from forest fires was floating over a key waterway towards its neighbours, and that the number of blazes was rising.
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Scientists Warn of Health Damage From Indonesia's Haze Fires
Toxic fumes from the Indonesian fires that have spread a haze across Southeast Asia may be doing more harm to human and plant health than officials have indicated, scientists measuring the pollution say.
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Indonesians Take Fight Against Haze into Their Own Hands
Desperate civilians at the epicentre of Indonesia's haze crisis are taking the fight into the own hands, using whatever meagre resources they have to confront the fires ravaging their communities as they tire of waiting for the government to take action.
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Sick, Hungry Orangutans Fall Victim to Indonesia Fires Crisis
Endangered orangutans are falling victim to a devastating haze crisis that has left them sick, malnourished and severely traumatised as fires rage through Indonesia's forests, reducing their habitat to a charred wasteland.
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Indonesia President to Leave US Early to Deal With Haze Crisis
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo will cut short his trip to the United States on Tuesday to help deal with clouds of smoke large areas of his country.
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Indonesia Readies Warships for Haze Evacuation
Indonesia has put warships on standby to evacuate people affected by acrid haze from forest fires which has killed at least 10 and caused respiratory illnesses in half a million, officials said today.
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Indonesian Fires Destroyed 1.6 Million Hectares Of Land This Year: Study
Fires in Indonesia that spread a smoky haze over Southeast Asia this year burned at least 1.6 million hectares of mostly degraded land and carbon-rich peatlands, data from a respected research group showed on Monday.
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"This Is Earth Not Mars": Blood Red Skies Unsettle Indonesians
While smoke from forest fires in Indonesia often simply obscures visibility with a choking haze, parts of Sumatra island recently witnessed blood red skies due to the interaction of sunlight on particles from smoke in the air.
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"This Is Not Mars": Indonesia Skies Turn Blood Red After Forest Fires
Skies over an Indonesian province turned red over the weekend, thanks to the widespread forest fires which have plagued huge parts of the country.
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Thousands Of Schools Shut In Malaysia, Indonesia As Haze Affects Students
Thousands of schools were shuttered across Malaysia and Indonesia Thursday, affecting at least 1.7 million pupils, officials said, as toxic haze from rampant forest fires sent air quality plummeting.
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Indonesians Choked By Toxic Haze Due To Forest Fire Pray For Rain
Hundreds of people held a mass prayer for rain in a smoke-filled Indonesian city on Friday, desperately hoping that downpours will extinguish forest fires and wash away the toxic haze covering wide swathes of the country.
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Choking Hazard: Air Pollution Hangs Over Asian Games 2018
Jakarta's toxic skies have been stuck at unhealthy levels for weeks despite drastic efforts to cut down on congestion, including an odd-even licence plate system.
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Indonesia Rejects US Research Estimate Of 100,000 Haze Deaths
Harvard and Columbia university research showing smoke from land fires in Southeast Asia led to more than 100,000 premature deaths last year "makes no sense at all," an official at Indonesia's Health Ministry said today.
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Study Estimates 100,000 Premature Deaths From Indonesia Haze
Indonesian forest fires that choked a swath of Southeast Asia with a smoky haze for weeks last year may have caused more than 100,000 premature deaths, according to new research that will add to pressure on Indonesia's government to tackle the annual crisis.
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Indonesian Clerics Issue Fatwa Against Intentional Forest Fires
Indonesia's top Islamic clerical body said today it has issued a fatwa against intentionally starting forest fires in a bid to stop the blazes that cloak Southeast Asia in haze every year.
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Indonesia Issues Haze Warning To Neighbours As Forest Fires Spread
Indonesia today warned that a haze from forest fires was floating over a key waterway towards its neighbours, and that the number of blazes was rising.
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Scientists Warn of Health Damage From Indonesia's Haze Fires
Toxic fumes from the Indonesian fires that have spread a haze across Southeast Asia may be doing more harm to human and plant health than officials have indicated, scientists measuring the pollution say.
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Indonesians Take Fight Against Haze into Their Own Hands
Desperate civilians at the epicentre of Indonesia's haze crisis are taking the fight into the own hands, using whatever meagre resources they have to confront the fires ravaging their communities as they tire of waiting for the government to take action.
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Sick, Hungry Orangutans Fall Victim to Indonesia Fires Crisis
Endangered orangutans are falling victim to a devastating haze crisis that has left them sick, malnourished and severely traumatised as fires rage through Indonesia's forests, reducing their habitat to a charred wasteland.
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Indonesia President to Leave US Early to Deal With Haze Crisis
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo will cut short his trip to the United States on Tuesday to help deal with clouds of smoke large areas of his country.
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Indonesia Readies Warships for Haze Evacuation
Indonesia has put warships on standby to evacuate people affected by acrid haze from forest fires which has killed at least 10 and caused respiratory illnesses in half a million, officials said today.
