For two months, Indonesia has been grappling with a surge in wildfires, reports France 24 on Thursday, October 15, 2026.
This situation is partly due to a very intense El Niño phenomenon that causes hot and dry conditions favorable to fires.
Indonesian forest management is also criticized: areas have been cleared to establish monocultures of highly flammable oil palm plantations, and peatlands have been drained to cultivate the soil, thereby increasing the risk of fires.