Damaged and drained, Indonesia's peatlands go up in smoke

By Oct 6, Indonesian wildfires had emitted 140.5 megatonnes of planet-warming carbon, around 13% of the global total in 2026, according to the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service. - Photo: AFP

JAKARTA: For weeks on end, parts of Indonesian Borneo have resembled an Armageddon landscape with masked residents immersed in a putrid, red-brown haze as wildfires devour peatlands near homes and farms.

Burning slowly, mostly under the surface and sometimes for months on end, peatland fires are responsible for much of the dry season haze that this year has tainted air as far afield as Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines.

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据哥白尼大气监测服务中心的数据，截至10月6日，印尼山火已排放1.405亿吨温室气体，约占2026年全球温室气体排放总量的13%。——图片：法新社

雅加达：数周以来，印尼婆罗洲部分地区宛如世界末日般的景象，戴着口罩的居民沉浸在腐臭的红褐色烟雾中，野火吞噬着房屋和农场附近的泥炭地。

泥炭地火灾燃烧缓慢，大多在地表以下，有时持续数月之久，是造成旱季雾霾的主要原因，今年的雾霾甚至污染了远至马来西亚、新加坡和菲律宾的空气。

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