The 'apex predator' of fires choking south-east Asia - podcast

Indonesia is in the middle of a climate emergency, experiencing what Nasa calls the ‘apex predator’ of wildfires. It’s burning an area three times the size of Singapore and choking millions across south-east Asia with toxic haze. But while Europe’s catastrophic summer made headlines in Australia, the climate emergency happening to one of our closest neighbours is less well known. Kate Lamb joins Matilda Boseley to talk about just how consequential these fires could become Read more: El Niño-fuelled wildfires destroy precious Indonesian forests – in pictures The women saving Borneo: battling fire, patriarchy and super El Niño on Indonesia’s peatland frontlines Indonesian wildfires threaten leading orangutan research site in Borneo Continue reading...

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