
(FILES) People travel on a river boat as thick haze from forest and land fires blankets Benua Melayu Darat village in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, on September 16, 2026. Every few years, residents of Indonesia's West Kalimantan province contend with devastating wildfires and a noxious haze shuttering schools, sickening the elderly and infirm, and stifling the local economy. Now, they've had enough. (Photo by DITO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'INDONESIA-ENVIRONMENT-CLIMATE-JUSTICEM-CLIMATE-HAZE,FOCUS' by Cece Kusmana




