The Indonesian Inferno: A Completely Preventable Crisis Bill LauranceOctober 24, 2015Indonesia, fires, haze, smoke, smog, school closures, airport closures, air pollution, carbon emissions, peatlands, peat fires, deforestation, Singapore, Malaysia, New Guinea, Sumatra, Borneo, Micronesia, President Joko Widodo, El Nino, drought, Erik Meijaard, fire ban, Brazil, remote sensing, Global Forest Watch, oil palm, Council of Palm Oil Producer Countries, zero deforestation Comments
Choking on smoke: The growing curse of Indonesia's wildfires Bill LauranceSeptember 30, 2015Indonesia, fires, smoke, smog, air pollution, wildfires, Malaysia, Singapore, Asia Pulp & Paper, deforestation, oil palm, wood pulp, slash-and-burn, corruption, Sinar Mas, Godzilla, El Nino, drought, air quality, school closures, peatlandsComment
In smoke-choked Asia, fires beget more fires Bill LauranceAugust 21, 2014smoke, air pollution, Sumatra, Southeast Asia, Singapore, David Gaveau, June 2013 fires, slash-and-burn, oil palm, pulpwood plantations, smog, fire dynamics, drought, forest firesComment
Fire alert: Could 2014 be 'the year from hell'? Bill LauranceMarch 27, 2014fires, wildfires, ENSO, El Nino, drought, forest fires, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Amazon, Sumatra, Borneo, climatology, respiratory distress, asthma, smoke, smogComment
Is 'killer smog' returning to Southeast Asia? Bill LauranceMarch 8, 2014forest fires, burning, smog, smoke, air pollution, Indonesia, Sumatra, Riau Province, slash-and-burn, illegal fires, Malaysia, SingaporeComment