The Indonesians facing El Nino’s fires have lessons to teach us (commentary)

Mongabay
Oct 6, 2026, 10:17 am84 ptsTrending
In October 2006, I was supposed to be starting my dissertation research on tropical reforestation in Indonesia. Instead, I found myself in the forests of Tanjung Puting National Park in Central Kalimantan helping locals to fight fires with brooms, backpack pumps, and hoses connected to hand-dug water wells. It…

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