Bracing for forest fire season


INDONESIA’S third-largest province has declared a state of emergency after identifying more than 700 fires, as the South-East Asian nation braces for its annual fire season.

The declaration yesterday comes as Indonesia scales back protection for some of the world’s most important tropical forests.

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