Jakarta, March 13 -- Several wildfire-prone regions in Sumatra and Kalimantan have issued fire alerts as Indonesia braces for a dry season forecast to bring lower rainfall and harsher weather conditions that could trigger crop failures and severe drought. The Central Kalimantan provincial administration has declared a 90-day wildfire alert, with local disaster mitigation authorities intensifying surveillance and vigilance in the heavily forested province. Similar warnings have also been issued in several regencies in North Sumatra and West Kalimantan after multiple fire hotspots were detected in recent days. North Sumatra's neighbouring Riau province had already declared a 10-month alert in mid-February as rising temperatures and declinin...