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A separate analysis found fires were also detected inside concessions of some companies in 2006, 2015 and 2023, highlighting gaps in curbing recurring fires.
A partially burned oil palm plantation is blanketed by haze on Aug. 30 in Kuala Satong village, Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan. (Reuters/Willy Kurniawan)
Local conglomerates and multinational corporations from Singapore and Japan allegedly control business concessions with the largest burn scars from this year’s wildfire in Kalimantan, according to an independent analysis, with some seeing repeated blazes first recorded 20 years ago.According to data from forest monitoring platform Nusantara Atlas, six oil palm, three pulpwood companies and a mining holding were the top ten businesses whose concessions across Kalimantan have been ravaged by fires the most between January and July.
