Smoke from Indonesian Forest Fires Chokes Malaysia and Neighbors: Who’s to Blame for This Environmental Disaster?
Smoke from forest fires on Indonesia’s island of Sumatra has traveled a staggering 500 kilometers to Malaysia, choking the region with pollution and slashing visibility. The peatland fires in Indonesia’s Riau province have burned about 46 hectares, creating a thick haze that reduced visibility to just one kilometer. Although authorities have managed to reduce the…
