Reflections on people, communities and change
Every dry season, Indonesia is besieged by smoke once again. We count the hectares burned, the suspects arrested and the companies identified as responsible. Yet we…
When the Sea Loses Its Fish, and People Lose Hope The Karimata Strait, the blue waters separating Kalimantan from Belitung, holds countless mysteries. There, among green,…
Something is profoundly wrong whenever smoke blankets West Kalimantan. The sky turns grey, eyes sting, breathing becomes difficult and visibility falls. Schools close, flights are disrupted…
Making Sense of the Data: Who Is Really Starting the Fires? Eight years of law-enforcement data (2018–2026) in West Kalimantan tell one story: asymmetry. On one…
Download the full article: Read the article Reading the photograph: from above, the tropical forest still looks like a green sea. Yet at the centre of…
Download the full article Executive Summary Between 16 and 22 August 2026, 9,215 hotspots were detected within corporate concession boundaries in West Kalimantan, across 286 permit-holding…
