Wildfires at Indonesia's New Capital: A Cautionary Tale for Sustainable Development The recent spread of wildfires near Indonesia's under construction new capital, Nusantara, is a stark reminder of the challenges and contradictions inherent in large scale infrastructure projects.
Disaster officials are scrambling to contain the fires through cloud seeding and water bombing efforts, but some wonder if this is too little, too late.
Indonesia's decision to build a new capital on the island of Borneo was meant to address chronic congestion, floods, and land subsidence in Jakarta.