Wildfires threaten Indonesia's new capital Nusantara amid worst season in 11 years

Indonesia's most intense wildfire season in 11 years is encroaching on Nusantara, the under-construction capital on Borneo, challenging its eco-friendly 'smart forest city' promise. Nearly 202,000 hectares of forest and peatland have burned nationwide from January to June, per the Sipongi monitoring platform. The fires raise environmental and health risks, and could complicate the capital relocation project's viability.