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When the Fire Comes, the Village Forest Vanishes

Monday, April 20, 2026

Fires wiped out village forests on Bengkalis Island, Riau. Peatlands in Kubu Raya Regency, West Kalimantan, have also begun to burn.

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Burned land in Sekodi village, Bengkalis district, Bengkalis Regency, Riau, April 4, 2026. Source: LPHD Bina Pertiwa Sekodi Village. tempo : 177880073554.

LIKE a statue, Anasrifitria, 55, stood frozen on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, staring at the charred remains of a blaze that swept through the social forestry area of Sekodi village, Bengkalis subdistrict, Bengkalis Regency, Riau. The Head of the Bina Pertiwi Village Forest Management Agency said that in just three nights, a stretch of peatland roughly the size of the National Monument complex in Jakarta turned into cracked, blackened earth. In some s

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