As Indonesian forests burn, new anti-fire agency feels the heat
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Jakarta
AS FOREST fires raged like never before across Indonesia last year, President Joko Widodo announced he was setting up a special agency to tackle the annual scourge that shrouds parts of South-east Asia in choking haze.
But, with this season's fires already blazing, the Peatlands Restoration Agency has barely got off the ground and has a huge task ahead of it.
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