Deforestation drives fire risk in Borneo amid a warming climate, study finds

Mongabay
Mar 27, 2023, 11:54 am882 ptsInteresting
The dry season of 2015 was a devastating one for Indonesia, with around 100,000 fires engulfing thousands of hectares of tropical rainforests and carbon-rich peatlands on the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and New Guinea. The infernos, strengthened by dry weather caused by El Niño, raged for months, in the process…

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