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Indonesia deploys 50-plus aircraft as wildfire haze worsens

9/9/2026

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Indonesia Deploys Aircraft

Indonesia deploys over 50 additional aircraft for cloud-seeding and water-bombing wildfires.
September 1-7 emissions reached 19.7 million metric tons CO2, over one-third of the global total.
13,443 fire hotspots were recorded Aug 1-Sep 8, surpassing 2015 levels.
Air quality index hit 394 in Pontianak and exceeded 900 elsewhere.
Health ministry links more than 50,000 respiratory infections to the haze.

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ASEAN Raises Alert

Economic losses from the 2026 fires exceed 54 trillion rupiah, according to environmental valuation models.
Civil-society groups name Wilmar International, Sinar Mas and Genting as firms linked to fire-inducing plantations.
Legal proposals call for strict liability, license suspension and asset seizure against repeat-offending concession owners.
ASEAN raised the regional haze alert to Level 3 on Aug 26, urging development of a joint monitoring platform.

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Indonesia Deploys Aircraft

Indonesia deploys over 50 additional aircraft for cloud-seeding and water-bombing wildfires.
September 1-7 emissions reached 19.7 million metric tons CO2, over one-third of the global total.
13,443 fire hotspots were recorded Aug 1-Sep 8, surpassing 2015 levels.
Air quality index hit 394 in Pontianak and exceeded 900 elsewhere.
Health ministry links more than 50,000 respiratory infections to the haze.

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