A father taking his daughter to school near An-Nur Grand Mosque in Pekanbaru, Riau Province. Riau Province is very close to Singapore and Malaysia and home of two of the biggest pulp and paper companies in Indonesia: Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd. (APRIL) and Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). During dry seasons, morning in Pekanbaru is always covered with smoke from forest burning in surrounding plantation areas and also those that comes from neighbouring provinces of Jambi and South Sumatra. Clearing the natural peat and boggy environment creates the perfect environment for fires.