Why in Indonesian forest fires always happen every year?

3. Natural causes (lightning strike, spontaneous combustion because of the dry condition, etc). This year's El Nino is surely excarcebating the dry condition. 4. Government policy. For example: In Kalimantan, a few years ago the government turned the peat land /swamps into rice fields. read more

As well as Indonesia, the acrid haze from the fires is engulfing neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore and has reached as far as southern Thailand. Map of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia Western Sumatra and Kalimantan have been worst affected by fires. read more

Deforestation in Indonesia involves the long-term loss of forests and foliage across much of the country; it has had massive environmental and social impacts. Indonesia is home to some of the most biologically diverse forests in the world and ranks third in number of species behind Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo. read more