The world’s oldest cave paintings in Indonesia under threat of wildfires

Indonesia is battling its worst forest and land fires since 2015 as a severe El Niño brings higher temperatures and reduced rainfall, leaving forests and peatlands vulnerable to fires. (EPA Images pic) MAROS-PANGKEP: The world's oldest cave paintings on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi are under threat as heat and smoke from the country's worst wildfires in more than a decade risk accelerating the deterioration of the more than 67,000-year-old works of art, researchers said. (Free Malaysia Today, 14:55)

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  Free Malaysia Today·News·EN·23 Oct, 14:55 MYT

  The world’s oldest cave paintings in Indonesia under threat of wildfires

  Indonesia is battling its worst forest and land fires since 2015 as a severe El Niño brings higher temperatures and reduced rainfall, leaving forests and peatlands vulnerable to fires. (EPA Images pic) MAROS-PANGKEP: The world's oldest cave paintings on the Indonesian island of…

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