{
  "id": 9427303,
  "title": "Cheap to burn, costly to bear: What fuels Indonesia’s persistent cycle of fires and haze?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/cheap-to-burn-costly-to-bear-what-fuels-indonesias-persistent-cycle",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T22:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indonesia-haze-wildfires-sumatra-human-activity-crackdown-6403751"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Wildfires in Indonesia have caused transboundary haze and disrupted livelihoods in Sumatra. In the last of a three-part series, CNA looks at why the fires persist despite bans and crackdowns - and what it will take to stamp them out for good.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}