‘Feels like we’ve gone backwards’: Indonesia’s choking haze provides spark for wider protests
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Key context: <p>After two years, President Prabowo Subianto is struggling with economic malaise, policy blunders and a devastating fire season in the world’s third-largest democracy</p><p>As almost 2m hectares has gone up in smoke in Indonesia’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/21/indonesia-borneo-sumatra-fires-smoke-toxic-air">worst fire season in a decade</a>, enveloping the region in a thick dystopian haze, 33-year-old university researcher Nurul Amalia has grown increasingly exasperated.</p><p>“The government claims to be continuously increasing the number of personnel to extinguish it. But we have yet to see any significant progress,” she says.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/indonesia-protests-fire-haze-economy">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
After two years, President Prabowo Subianto is struggling with economic malaise, policy blunders and a devastating fire season in the world’s third-largest democracyAs almost 2m hectares has gone up in smoke in Indonesia’s worst fire season in a decade, enveloping the region in a thick dystopian haze, 33-year-old university researcher Nurul Amalia has grown increasingly exasperated.“The government claims to be continuously increasing the number of personnel to extinguish it. But we have yet to see any significant progress,” she says. Continue reading...
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