The haze is really bad today here in Singapore. i can definately smell the smoke and feel the dust in my eyes.
It’s the burning season again…. coming from the Kalimantan side of Borneo.

If i can already sense this from oceans away, imagine what it’s like over there in the jungle. The orangutans can’t swim, so they can’t cross the river to escape from the fire if it’s on their side. Large terrestrial mammals like the Bornean Pygmy Elephants might get trapped within pockets of fires.

“Satellite pictures showed 97 hotspots in Indonesia’s Sumatra from deliberately-lit land-clearing fires. Fires have spread through farm areas in Sumatra and Borneo since late last week.
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Recently, my guide back in Sabah, Borneo imformed me of the illegal river sand extracting activity at the Upper Kinabatangan River. Major damaged has been done but the government departments were unconcerned and started pointing fingers amoung themselves.

Shall visit all parts of Borneo before it disappear. Brunei and Kalimantan of Borneo are next on my list…

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