Indonesia is experiencing another bad fire season, with forests and peatlands burning across much of the country. The fires have forced schools to close, caused respiratory problems for an estimated million people and infuriated neighboring governments.
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They have also cast doubt on the effectiveness of Indonesia’s recent efforts to reduce deforestation.
At issue is whether improvements seen in the past few fire seasons had more to do with the weather — 2019 has been warmer and drier in Indonesia than the past few years — and less with policy changes and better enforcement of environmental laws.
Read the story from The New York Times by Henry Fountain - “A Season of Fire Tests Indonesia’s Efforts to Curb Deforestation.”
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