- Intensifying dry season and fire risk in Borneo provinces, leading to haze affecting air quality in Sarawak.
- El Nino causes drier conditions in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
- Forest and land fires intensify across islands
- Wildfires raged on Borneo island, spewing putrid haze that spread across the region.
El Niño Drought Halts Palm Oil Transport in West Kalimantan
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What happened
A prolonged drought driven by El Niño conditions has dried out the Kapuas River, the main transportation artery in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. This river recession has halted palm oil transport, leading local mills to cut fresh fruit bunch purchases. Farmers are now facing losses as their harvests are stuck and rotting.
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Why it matters
The extreme El Niño pattern is causing droughts and fanning forest fires across Borneo and Sumatra. The resulting disruption to the river system is severely impacting the palm oil supply chain in Indonesia.
Wildfires have been raging on Borneo, spewing haze that has spread across the region, intensified by forest and land fires.
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Who's involved
- IndonesiaThe island country experiencing drought and transport halts
- BorneoThe island where the river recession and haze are occurring
- West KalimantanThe province where the palm oil mills and farmers are located
Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.
- West KalimantanSpeculative
Farmers might lose revenue as their fresh fruit bunches cannot be transported to mills due to the river blockage.
- IndonesiaSpeculative
Indonesia might face reduced palm oil output due to the supply chain disruption caused by the drought.
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The entities involved
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Malaysia
country in Southeast Asia
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Indonesia
island country in Southeast Asia and Oceania
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El Niño
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Related events
- Due to El Niño, multiple Southeast Asian countries, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, are facing potential haze risks driven by hotter and drier conditions.
- Indonesia implements haze control measures, including cloud-seeding and utilizing the ASEAN framework, as haze drifts from Kalimantan toward Sarawak.
- Singapore shifts its energy strategy toward LNG and Jakarta cuts gas supply to the city-state.
- Haze originating from fires in Indonesia is reported to be affecting neighboring countries, including the Philippines and Malaysia.
- Haze from fires in Indonesia is impacting air quality and causing issues in Singapore and Malaysia.