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The women saving Borneo: Battling fire, patriarchy, and super el Niño on Indonesia’s peatland frontlines

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The women saving Borneo: Battling fire, patriarchy, and super el Niño on Indonesia’s peatland frontlines

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Fire threatens Kalimantan’s rainforests. On the peatland frontlines, a group of local mothers is defending their community. Words and Photography: Garry Lotulung Irma puts on her heavy rubber boots as she prepares for a volunteer firefighting shift in her village of Sungai Putri, on the Indonesian side of Borneo island. Dressed in full safety gear she heads into fire zones on her motorbike, the air thick with toxic smoke. Continue reading...

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