Kalimantan
Americannoun
noun
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Under normal conditions, peat deposits in Kalimantan, Sumatra, and Papua are too wet for fire to move underground.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
One orangutan died after being rescued last week, with a necropsy result pointing to smoke exposure as the cause of death, the West Kalimantan natural resources conservation agency said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
Experts say the crisis is rooted in decades of land-use change, dating back to the Suharto era, when vast areas of rainforest and peatland in Kalimantan were opened for logging, plantations and large-scale development projects.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Eni ENI 0.22%increase; green up pointing triangle said it made a gas discovery in the Kutei Basin off the coast of East Kalimantan in Indonesia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
In Indonesian Borneo, or Kalimantan, oil palm plantations threaten durian diversity by leaving less room for diverse species of durian to be cultivated.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2024
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