{"id":87717,"date":"2026-10-23T07:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=87717"},"modified":"2026-10-23T07:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:58:00","slug":"a-haze-in-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/a-haze-in-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"A Haze In Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/f2f5676\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4786x3191+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fab%2Fa5%2Fa11376cc51fe3aa8e3ca64a77659%2F4c04f813be444895a0241cdb0c2ff9df\" alt=\"People display a poster that reads &quot;Declare the wildfires as national disaster,&quot; during a rally protesting the Indonesian government's response to toxic haze from forest fires that has blanketed multiple cities, in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (AP Photo\/Dias Gustrian)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thousands of students across Indonesia have staged days of demonstrations protesting the government\u2019s response to toxic haze that has blanketed multiple cities and spread to other nations in Southeast Asia in recent weeks.\u00a0On Friday, more than 500 protesters gathered in front of the Central Kalimantan Governor\u2019s Office in the provincial capital of Palangkaraya, demanding more action to address the haze. Protests earlier this week spread to more than half a dozen Indonesian cities, including on the island of Borneo, where many of the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/indonesia-forest-fires-haze-borneo-flights-kalimantan-bb64405033429c1de557bb8f0cf6a5f9\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">fires are actively burning<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia\u2019s haze is primarily caused by forest and peatland fires, which are often started by slash-and-burn agricultural practices. While such fires are common during Indonesia\u2019s dry season, which usually begins in April, this year\u2019s are the worst on record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: Thousands of students across Indonesia have staged days of demonstrations protesting the government\u2019s response to toxic haze that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87718,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87717\/revisions\/87718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}