Why Indonesia's forest fires are so bad this year | DW News

I am in Kuala Lumpur- originally from Hamburg. I have been here for over a decade; it&#39;s an annual occurrence/nuisance that it&#39;s called the &quot;haze season.&quot; While Sumatra stretches across the entire west side of the peninsula, the worst affected areas are usually from Melaka southwards, down to Singapore.<br><br>This year, El Niño&#39;s effects are clearly visible. Even without the haze, this year saw much higher temperatures and erratic monsoon rains; the extreme haze was foreseeable. I was here for the last bad haze, when visibility dropped to a post-apocalyptic level, and silhouettes indicated where skyscrapers pricked the sky. <br><br>Though I don&#39;t recall the reading having been this bad back then. Just two days ago, we hit an API reading of 249 in the evening; then staggered, torrential rain showers dropped it back to 104 the next morning, only for it to rise again the same day to 214. While schools were closed for only one day in KL, other parts of the country remained closed. Sabah and Sarawak, the eastern part of Malaysia on Borneo that share a border with Kalimantan, are particularly hard hit. <br><br>The visibility in the capital resembles a perpetual veil over the eyes. We can&#39;t watch the world burn, but we can smell it. Right now, Malaysia and Singapore are waiting for the monsoon season to fully kick in and minimise most of the haze; however, the torrential rain and the immediate uptick in haze afterwards leave the mood pessimistic that the rain will bring change.<br><br>Cloud seeding is underway, but its effectiveness is also questionable. Outdoor activities are advised against, but for many, it&#39;s an empty caveat. <br>Windows remain closed, which in turn puts pressure on the environment through excessive air-conditioning use.<br><br>Life goes on as usual for most Malaysians, with increased complaints about the air quality. In comparison, the bad haze from 2015(?) had most people don on facemasks to cover their airways; this year, the fewest people wear facemasks...may that be because it&#39;s not as bad as the last time, or because of facemask fatigue, or because the haze season has become an annual occurrence that most people are already used to.

Indonesia should accept help from neighbouring country and any countries that are willing to help. They should have ask and accepted help earlier. The local authorities must also owned up. This is not a new issue but a yearly one so don&#39;t tell us the local authority doesn&#39;t know. <br><br>Some maybe wildfire but there are also many people burn to clear lands. <br><br>Don&#39;t blame only the people and big firms but the local government need to own up!!! <br><br>Bad bad bad .. corruption is what led to this.

cough cough sneeze cough. thankfully indonesia also supplies oxygen besides carbon particles and co2. industrial scale plantation will naturally plant, replant en-mass for cost efficiency. probably industrial plantation should be run using corporation model instead where smaller plots of land is leased to population. planters will likely have different planting replanting cycle/calendar and reduce cross border haze problem?

The poor citizens and animals.<br>The wildfires in Indonesia are primarily claimed to be caused by deliberate, human-driven slash-and-burn land clearing for agriculture, palm oil plantations😢😢, and pulp and paper projects, severely amplified by an unusually strong El Niño-induced drought.😢😢

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This isn&#39;t just a natural disaster compounded by extreme weather events. It&#39;s an ecological disaster amplified by greedy tycoons exploiting this resource-rich island, where coal is exported to fuel industries across Asia, and palm oil is used in a wide range of products consumed across thr world, including Europe.