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As Amazon smolders, Indonesia fires choke the other side of the world
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As Amazon smolders, Indonesia fires choke the other side of the world

Thousands of fires, most of them set to clear land for plantations that make palm oil, created thick clouds of smoke that disrupted air travel and sickened people.
Indonesia forest-clearing ban is made permanent, but labeled ‘propaganda’
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Indonesia forest-clearing ban is made permanent, but labeled ‘propaganda’

The government says the policy has been effective in slowing deforestation, but environmental activists say that forest loss and fires have actually increased.

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