Indonesia’s Forest Fires Take Toll on Wildlife, Big and Small

Estimates of how much the fire crisis will hurt Indonesia’s economy, as well as those of its affected neighbors, differ, but some say the regional damage could be in the tens of billions of dollars. Last month, Herry Purnomo, a scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research, a global scientific organization based in Bogor, Indonesia, estimated that the economic cost for Southeast Asia would be $14 billion. That included factors like lost agricultural production and health costs because of emissions, airport closings, the delayed transportation of goods and missed work days.