That s certainly true. But what s special now is that the clearing is being done over very wide areas and it combines with this period of extreme drought. So it s the combination. Well, what we re hearing is that the Indonesian government, Indonesian government ministers are blaming the large scale plantations and those large scale things for causing the fires. But I noticed in one report that some of the timber tycoons don t necessarily agree with the government line, and that they are still blaming the small guy.
Rain forests are dark and wet.
They don t normally burn. And the drought is related to El Nino. That s right. Explain what El Nino is and how it is affecting the drought. It s originally a rise in sea temperature just to the Northeast of Indonesia.