GFMC: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics

Year 2002

Global Fire
Monitoring Center (GFMC): Statements on
Wildland Fire submitted to the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD)
(26 August 2002)

• Australia:
  Cool
  weather brings reprieve for firefighters  (published by ABC
  News, 24 December 2002)

• Australia:
  Cervantes
  blaze continues in WA (published by ABC
  News, 24 December 2002)

• Australia:
  Fires
  contained north of Melbourne (published by ABC
  News, 24 December 2002)

• Indonesia:
  Oil palm plantations and
  deforestation in Indonesia – What role do Europe and Germany play
  (published by WWF Germany, December 2002)

• Australia:
  Fire
  crews face all night fight  (published by ABC
  News, 20 December 2002)

• Australia:
  Fire
  crews face all night fight in Vic blaze  (published by ABC
  News, 20 December 2002)

• Australia:
  House
  destroyed, town evacuated in WA bushfire  (published by ABC
  News, 20 December 2002)

• Australia: WA
  town preparing to evacaute as bushfire nears  (published by ABC
  News, 20 December 2002)

• Australia: Firefighters
  contain central NSW blazes (published by ABC
  News, 19 December 2002)

• Australia: Winds
  push Vic bushfires into SA (published by ABC
  News, 19 December 2002)

• Russia:
  EMERCOM to tackle Portugese forest fires
  (Novosti, 16 December 2002)

• USA: Court clears way for Clinton ban on forest roads
  (published by
  Planet Ark,
  13 Dezember 2002)

• USA: Bush proposes easing rules for forest-thinning
  (published by
  Planet Ark,
  13 Dezember 2002)

• USA: Wildfires
  Add Carbon to the Atmospher (published by Environmental News Service, 09 December 2002)

• Germany: Waldbrände
  heizen die Erde auf (published by Die
  Welt, 11 Dezember 2002)

• Australia:
  Strong winds whip up fierce Sydney bushfires
  (published by
  Planet Ark,
  09 Dezember 2002)

• U.S.A.:
  Panel Faults Aerial Firefighting Program
  (published by The Associated Press, 6 December 2002)

• South
  Africa: Heatwave
  brings warnings of fires
  (published by
  IOL,
  06 Dezember 2002)

• Australia:
  Bushfire
  threat eases despite new blazes(published by
  ABC
  News,
  06 Dezember 2002)

• Australia:
  Bush
  fires break out around Sydney
  
  (published by
  ENN,
  06 Dezember 2002)

• Australia:
  Australia,
  ancient land scarred by bushfires 
  (published by
  AlertNet,
  06 Dezember 2002)

• Australia:
  Sydney
  suburb under fiery siege, ringed by blazes (published by
  AlertNet,
  06 Dezember 2002)

• Australia:
  Sydney
  fights bushfires house to house (published by
  AlertNet,
  06 Dezember 2002)

• Australia:
  Australian
  bushfire survivors remain defiant (published by
  Planet Ark,
  06 Dezember 2002)

• U.S.A.:
  Are
  Wildland Fires Fueling the Greenhouse? Study Shows Local Events Have
  Global Impact on Carbon Cycle (published by the U.S. National Center
  for Atmospheric Research, 6 December 2002)

• Australia:
  Preventing
  forest fires-Controlled burning (published by BBC,
  05 December 2002)

• Australia:
  Why
  forests need fires (published by BBC,
  05 December 2002)

• Australia:
  Sydney
  battles bushfires, patchy rain arrives (published by
  AlertNet,
  05 Dezember 2002)

• Australia:
  Strong
  winds whip up fierce Sydney bushfires (published by
  AlertNet,
  05 Dezember 2002)

• Australia:
  Sydney
  firefighters battle outburst of blazes (published by AlertNet,
  04 Dezember 2002)

• Australia:
  Fires
  threaten Sydney homes (published by ABC
  News, 04 Dezember 2002)

• America: Bush Pacific NW timber plan draws fire from greens (published by
  Planet Ark, 28 November 2002)

• America:
  Los Alamos nuclear lab warns of radioactive trees   (published by
  Planet Ark, 28 November 2002)

• Australia:
  National
  park fire all but contained   (published by ABC
  News, 28 November 2002)

• Australia:
  Fire
  crews aim to strengthen containment lines  (published by ABC
  News, 28 November 2002)

• Australia:
  Weather
  change brings relief to NSW firefighters   (published by ABC
  News, 27 November 2002)

• South
  Africa: Cape
  Point fynbos goes up in smoke (published by Indendent Online, 26 November  2002)

• South
  Africa: Cape
  Town mountain fire closes highway (published by Indendent Online, 25 November  2002)

• Russia:
  60 Percent of Russians Live in Bad
  Environment (published by ITAR-TASS, 25 November 2002)

• Russia:
  Smoke from China spreads over FE Russia
  regions (published by ITAR-TASS, 25 November 2002)

• Indonesia:
  Indonesia fears new haze menace
  (published by the Courier Mail, 13 November 2002)

• Australia:
  Total Fire Bans
  (published by NSW-Rural
  Fire Service ,13 November 2002)

• Australia:
  Statewide Fire Update
  (published by NSW-Rural
  Fire Service ,12 November 2002)

• Australia:
  Fire Ban for Ipswich District
  (published by Queensland Fire and Rescue Service (QFRS),12 November 2002)

• Australia:
  Fire Bans Imposed for Ipswich District 
  (published by Qld-Rural
  Fire Service,
  12 November 2002)

• Indonesia:
  Indonesian
  Wildfires Accelerated Global Warming
  (published by Environmental News Service, 12 November 2002)

• Australia:
  Brief respite for Australia firefighters, BBC
  (11 November 2002)

• Indonesia
  / World: Scientists warn of environmental danger of wildfires
  (published by Environmental News Network, 7
  November 2002)

• Indonesia:
  Billions of tons of carbon is released by
  wildfires
  (published by BBC, 7
  November 2002)

• Australia:
  Scores of bushfires scorch eastern Australia 
  (published by Planet Ark,
  28 October 2002)

• Australia: Bushfire out of control in Blacktown (published by ABC
  News, 28 October 2002)

• Germany: Wissenschaftler
  beschäftigen sich in Bonn mit weltweiter
  Katastrophenvorsorge published by Pressedienst des BMBF, 26 October
  2002)

• Australia: Crews
  continue to battle NSW, Qld blazes (published by ABC
  News, 26 October 2002)

• Australia: Qld
  firefighters prepare for deterioration in conditions (published by ABC
  News, 26 October 2002)

• Australia: Fire
  crews contain Brisbane blazes (published by ABC
  News, 26 October 2002

• Australia: Fire
  still ablaze in and around the Toowoomba area (published by ABC
  News, 26 October 2002

• USA: California faces flood threat after fire 
  (published by CNN,
  25 October 2002)

• Australia: NSW
  gets total fire ban (published by ABC
  News, 22 October 2002)

• Australia: Regional
  fires burn out of control in Qld (published by ABC
  News, 18 October 2002)

• Singapore: Smoke
  haze causes Singapore to issue health warning  (published by Planet Ark,
  17 October 2002)

• Malaysia: Haze
  clouds Malaysia as Indonesia’s Sumatra burns (published by Planet Ark,
  17 October 2002)

• USA: After
  a series of tragic fires, loggers go on the offensive (published by Environmental News Network, 17
  October 2002)

• Indonesia: Drought
  extends in East Indonesia (published by The Jakarta Post, October 11,
  2002)

• Australia: Bushfires roar into Sydney suburbs, razing homes (published by Planet Ark,
  10 October 2002)

• Canada/Russia:
  Cooperation
  in the development and conservation of Russia’s forests. Forest fires
  considered a key problem to be addressed (published by the Canadian
  International Development Agency – CIDA, 10 October 2002)

• Australia:
  Fires
  destroy part of Cape York(published by ABC
  News, 9 October 2002)

• Australia: Bushfires
  rage around Sydney (published by ABC
  News, 8 October 2002)

• Indonesia: Indonesia
  vows to combat haze from forest fires (published by Planet Ark,
  8 October 2002)

• USA: Environmentalists, Forest Service agree that fire report was rushed, figures were off (published by Environmental News Network, 3
  October 2002)

• Malaysia: Malaysia
  expects mild El Niño, watches haze (published by Environmental News Network, 3
  October 2002)

• Russia: No
  One Can Escape Smoke from Peat-Bog Fires (published
  by Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press, 2 October 2002)

• Indonesia:

  Indonesia
  says graft hampers foreign help on haze (published by Planet Ark,
  30 September 2002)

• Indonesia:
  I didn’t lie at Earth Summit: Minister (published by The Jakarta Post,
  27 September 2002)

• Indonesia: Schools ordered to close in haze
  choked
  Indonesian city (publishes by

  Agence France-Presse,26 September 2002)

   

• Indonesia:
  Haze
  From Indonesian Forest Fires Shrouds Singapore (published by AP,
  25 September 2002)

• Indonesia: Haze endangers Palangkaraya
  residents (published by The
  Jakarta Post, 25 September 2002)

• USA: Wildfire Blankets Southern California in Smoke 
  (published by Environmental News Service, 25 September 2002)

• Malaysia: Haze
  in parts of Malaysia improves, but some districts still unhealthy (published by
  AFP,
  24 September 2002)

• Singapore:
  Haze
  reaches worst level in Singapore this year (published by Deutsche
  Presse Agentur, 24 September 2002)

• Indonesia:
  Rain
  clears some Borneo haze but health problems up
  (published by Reuters,
  24 September 2002)

• Indonesia: Haze reaches hazardous levels in Central
  Kalimantan 

• Indonesia:
  Smog
  clings to Indonesia Borneo, rain helps Sumatra (published by Planet Ark,
  24 September 2002)

• Malaysia: Malaysian experts to survey Indonesia forest fires (published by Planet Ark,
  23 September 2002)

• Malaysia: Sumatra haze blankets northern Malaysia (published by Planet Ark,
  23 September 2002)

• Indonesia: NGOs discover
  govt lies in Earth Summit country report (published by The Jakarta Post, 21 September
  2002)
• Indonesia: Indonesian Borneo chokes under haze
  (published by ABC News Online,
  20 September 2002)

• USA:
  NASA
  Scientists use satellites to distinguish human pollution from other
  atmospheric particles (published by NASA, 17 September 2002)

• USA: Firewise landscaping could help keep woodland homes from becoming forest litter (published by Environmental News Network, 17 September 2002)

• USA: Wildfire plans are deadlocked
  (17 September 2002)

• USA: US summer of 2002 is hottest since 1930s Dust Bowl (published by Planet Ark,
  16 September 2002)

• Indonesia:

  Fires: Stop blaming others, just start acting!
  (published by the Jakarta Post,
  13 September 2002)

   

• USA: Senate measure would ease thinning of US forests (published by Planet Ark,
  12 September 2002)

• Russia:
  Forest-fire smog choking Moscow disrupts flights (published by Planet Ark,
  10 September 2002)

• Russia /
  Switzerland: Moscow cannot blame fires just on weather – WWF
  (published by Planet Ark,
  9 September 2002)

• USA: Bush administration defends forest thinning plan
  (published by Planet Ark,
  9 September 2002)

• USA: Sparks Fly at Hearing on Bush Fire Plan (published by Environmental News Service, 6 September 2002)

• Russia: Smog thickens in Moscow, people told to stay inside
  (published by Planet Ark,
  6 September 2002)

• USA: Mt
  Warning blaze puts World Heritage area at risk (published by ABC News Online,
  5 September 2002)

• Russia: Aircraft used to battle Moscow fires, smog
  (published by Planet Ark,
  5 September 2002)

• Russia:
  Moscow region to use special aviation for
  fighting forest fires
  (published by Russian Information Agency Novosti,
  4 September 2002)

• USA: Authorities
  gearing up for bushfires (published by ABC News Online–
  PM’s website, 3 September 2002)

• Indonesia:
  
  Malaysian businessman sentenced for plantation fires (published by the Jakarta
  Post, 31 August 2002)

   

• Indonesia:
  Villagers use
  banana leaves to put out forest fires (published by the Jakarta Post, 31
  August 2002)

   

• Indonesia:
  ASEAN
  agreements on haze lack bite (published by the Jakarta Post, 31 August 2002)

• Indonesia: Govt ignored
  warning, fires to continue (published by the Jakarta Post, 31 August 2002)

• Indonesia: Indonesian
  smoke is choking Asia (published by the International Herald Tribune,
  30 August 2002)

• Indonesia:
  Indonesia,
  Japan launch program against haze, illegal logging (publisched by: International
  Herald Tribune, 30 August 2002)

• Australia: Research
  to test carcinogenic levels in bushfire smoke (published by ABC News Online,
  30 August 2002)

• South East Asia:
  ASEAN
  haze pact nothing but smoke (published by Asia Times, 29 August 2002)

• USA: Bush
  Seeks Emergency Wildfire Fund (published by
  the Associated Press, 29 August 2002)

• USA:
  Bush on Fire
  (published by New York Times,
  29 August 2002)

• Russia: USA
  does not want to get a help from Russia. US government states that
  airtanker with its tank for 11,000 gallons drops too much water
  (published by Pravda online, 29 August 2002) <in Russian>

• Brazil: Brazil
  monkey reserve fire brought under control
  (published by Planet Ark,
  29 August 2002)

• USA:  Forest
  Service ignores offers of Russian help (published by World
  Net Daily, 27 August 2002)

• USA: Forest
  Service Accountants Misplaced Fire Funds (published by Environmental News Service, 27 August 2002)

• USA: Bush
  pushes forest thinning proposal to curb fires
  (published by Planet Ark,
  26 August 2002)

• USA: Bush
  Fire Plan Draws Critics, Protests
  (published by Environmental News Service, 23 August 2002)

• Indonesia: Residents gasp for air in smoky Indonesian
  Borneo
  (published by Planet Ark,
  23 August 2002)

• USA: Bush to propose easing logging restrictions to
  lessen threat of wildfires (published by Environmental News Network, 22
  August 2002)

• USA: Alaska wildfires exceed 2 million acres
  (published by Planet Ark,
  21 August 2002)

• Indonesia: Smoke from forest fires shrouds Indonesian
  Borneo (published by Planet Ark,
  21 August 2002)

• USA: Oregon wildfire forces town’s evacuation
  (published by Planet Ark,
  19 August 2002)

• Sinagpore: New reports show how to prevent disastrous forest fires in South East Asia
  (published by WWF Global Network, 16 August 2002)

• Malaysia: Malaysia’s Landmark Putra Mosque Shrouded in Smog in Putrajaya 
  (published by Planet Ark,
  16 August 2002)

• Malaysia: Sumatra haze over Malaysia, visibility low 
  (published by Planet Ark,
  16 August 2002)

• USA: Western
  wildfires stoke political tensions over forest policy (published by Environmental News Network, 14
  August 2002)

• USA: Wildfires
  bring more peril than flames; firefighting itself can harm the forest (published by Environmental News Network, 14
  August 2002)

• China: China
  brings wildfires under control (published by Planet Ark,
  13 August 2002)

• Asia: Asian
  haze may be killing 500,000  (published by news.com.au,
  12 August 2002)

• USA: Biggest
  blaze in US merges with smaller Oregon fire (published by Planet Ark,
  12 August 2002)

• Germany: Pro
  Sieben „Welt der Wunder“: Feuersturm
  in Oregon – Ursachen und Bekämpfung von Waldgroßbränden (TV-Thema
  vom 11.08.2002)

• Russia: Smoke
  alarms Moscow  (published by The
  Russia Journal, 09 August 2002)

• China: Thousands
  fight forest fires in northern China (published by Environmental News Network, 8
  August 2002)

• Russia: International
  Forests Centre Created in Russia  (published by RIA Novosti
  correspondent Yelizaveta Sviridova, 7 August 2002)

• USA: South
  Dakota Firefighter Dies From Burns
  (published by Environmental News Service, 7 August 2002)

• USA: In
  wildfire risk control, 1 ‘size’ may fit none (published by Arizona
  Daily Star, 7 August 2002)

• Canada/USA:
  Smoke
  from Canada’s Flaming Forests Travels Far
  (published by Environmental News Service, 6 August 2002)

• USA: NASA
  and Candada study smoke from flaming Canadian forests (published by Nasa
  News Archive, 6 August 2002)

• Germany: Messung der
  Pflanzenmassen zeigt, wann die Savanne brennen muss (DIE
  WELT, 5. August 2002)

• USA: Research
  Highlights Wildfire’s Mixed Impacts
  (published by Environmental News Service, 5 August 2002)

• Cyprus: Cyprus says huge forest fire contained (published by Planet Ark,
  5 August 2002)

• USA: Senators vow to ease U.S. rules to snuff forest fires
  (published by Environmental News Service, 2 August 2002)

• Russia/USA/South
  Africa: “Wir
  haben ein extremes Feuerjahr” (published by Die
  Welt, 1 August  2002)

• South Africa:
  Power
  lines may have sparked KZN fires (published by Indendent Online, 31 July  2002)

• South Africa:
  Family
  of eight found burnt to death (published by Indendent Online, 30 July  2002)

• South Africa:
  19
  lives lost as fires rage through SA (published by Indendent Online, 30 July  2002)

• USA:
  California wildfire spreads, but bypasses giant sequoias (published by Planet Ark,
  29 July 2002)

• USA: California
  Fire Kills Three, 14 Dead This Season (published by Environmental News Service, 29 July 2002)

• Portugal: Portuguese
  Fires Destroy Lynx Inhabited Park (published by Environmental News Service, 29 July 2002)

• USA: California
  fire threatens world’s largest, oldest trees (published by Planet Ark,
  26 July 2002)

• RUSSIA: Large
  Forest Conflagration Localized in C Eur Russia  (ITAR-TASS, July
  27, 2002)

• RUSSIA: Nizhny
  Novgorod in Smoke from Burning Peat Bogs(ITAR-TASS, July 27, 2002)

• USA: Giant
  trees “spared from flames” (published by BBC,
  26 July 2002)

• USA: Firefighters
  battle for ancient trees (published by BBC,
  25 July 2002)

• USA: Giganten
  in Gefahr (published by Badische
  Zeitung, 25 July 2002)

• USA: Woman arrested in
  Calif.
  wildfire that threatens sequoias (published by Environmental News Network, 25
  July 2002)

• USA: Wildfire
  blazes near ancient California sequoia groves (published by Planet Ark,
  25 July 2002)

• RUSSIA: Moscow
  Shakes off Cold Reputation with Heat Wave: Near Record Temperatures Agence  
  (France
  Press, July 24 2002)

• RUSSIA: Over
  400 Fires in Russia at Present (ITAR-TASS, July 24, 2002)

• USA: California
  wildfire threatens Giant Sequoias (published by Environmental News Service, 24 July 2002)

• Portugal: Portugal
  battles forest fire, key highway reopened (published by Planet Ark,
  22 July 2002)

• USA: Two
  killed in plane crash while fighting Colorado fires
  (published by ABC News Online,
  19 July 2002)

• USA: Green
  Groups Urge Fire Fuel Reduction, Not Logging  (published by Environmental News Service, 19 July 2002)

• Belarus: 800 Hectares of Forest on Fire in Chernobyl-Contaminated Zone (published by Agence France
  Presse, 19 July 2002)

• Russia: Russia Mismanages Forest Resources – Audit Chamber
  (published by ITAR-TASS News Agency, 19 July 2002)

• Indonesia: Indonesia:
  South-east Asia choked by forest fires
  (published by ABC News Online,
  18 July 2002)

• Germany: ZDF
  Abenteuer Wissen „Elemente des Lebens – Feuer“ (17. Juli 2002)

• Russia: Bringing Logging Under Control
  (published by the Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press, 17 July 2002)

• Russia: Fires Destroy 357,000 Hectares of Forest in Russia’s Far East 2002
  (published by ITAR-TASS News Agency, 17 July 2002)

• Russia: Forest Fires in Kamchatka Engulf new Territories
  (published by ITAR-TASS News Agency, 15 July 2002)

• USA: Conflicting
  Reports Shade Forest Fire Debate (published by Environmental News Service, 11 July 2002)

• South Africa: Cop blame honey hunters for devastating
  fires (published by Indendent Online,  11 July  2002)

• South Africa: Child
  burns to death in Mpumalanga veld fires
  (published by Indendent Online,  10 July  2002)

• USA.: Throw Away Planes, Throw
  Away Pilots–Part
  1 / Part
  2 (published
  by Fisher Communications, Inc. (KATU
  TV), 10 and 11 July 2002)

• USA:
  Largest Arizona fire contained – 400 homes
  lost (published by Planet Ark,
  9 July 2002)

• RUSSIA: Wild Fires Raging in Russia’s Far East 
  (published by ITAR-TASS, 8 July 2002)

• RUSSIA: 100
  Forest Fires Break Out in Arkhangelsk Region, Komi Republic (published by Interfax, 8 July 2002)

• USA:
  Forest Service says nyet to Russian tankers (Report
  by Lewis McCool,  3 July  2002)

• Indonesia: Thick
  haze causes health hazards, disrupts land transport in Indonesia
  (published by the German Press Agency -dpa, 3 July 2002)  

• USA: Crews gaining control over western US wildfires (published by Planet Ark,
  3 July 2002)

• USA:  Fire crews
  gaining control over western wildfires (published by Environmental News Network, 2
  July 2002)

• USA: UPDATE
  – Devastated Apache Indians count cost of Ariz blaze (published by Planet Ark,
  28 June 2002)

• USA: Timber
  industry unscorched by recent fires (published by Planet Ark,
  28 June 2002)

• USA: UPDATE
  – Firefighters now hope to save mountain town (published by Planet Ark,
  27 June 2002)

• USA: Arizona
  Wildfires Spark Management Controversy (published by Environmental News Service, 27 June 2002)

• USA: Arizona
  blaze so far spares transmission grid (published by Planet Ark,
  25 June 2002)

• USA: Firefighters
  make first progress against Arizona blaze (published by Environmental News Network, 25
  June 2002)

• USA: UPDATE
  – Two massive Arizona fires set to merge (published by Planet Ark,
  24 June 2002)

• USA: Waldbrände
  haben wegen extremen Forstschutzes so große Auswirkung (Vista Verde, 24. Juni 2002)

• USA: Out
  of Control Arizona Fire Chars 250,000 Acres (published by Environmental News Service, 23 June 2002)

• USA: US
  firm designs airship to rain on forest fires (published by Planet Ark,
  20 June 2002)

• USA:  Southwest
  drought to ignite more fires (published by Environmental News Network, 17
  June 2002)

• USA: Forest
  Service Employee Charged with Colorado Fire (published by Environmental News Service, 17 June 2002)

• USA: Forest Service wary of hiring giant Russian
  ‘Waterbomber’ (published by The
  Gazette,
  14 June 2002)

• USA: More
  help arriving to fight Colorado blaze (published by Planet Ark,
  14 June 2002)

• Indonesia:
  
  Burning coal seams threaten East Kalimantan,  (published by
  The Jakarta Post, 13 June 2002)

• Germany: Buschbrände
  in Colorado wüten unaufhaltsam
  (published by Badische
  Zeitung, 13
  June 2002)

• USA: Colorado
  declares state of emergency
  (published by BBC, 13
  June 2002)

• USA: US
  officials anticipate record wildfire season (published by Planet Ark,
  13 June 2002)

• USA: Thousands more
  evacuated in huge Colorado blaze (published by Environmental News Network, 12
  June 2002)

• South East Asia: Asean
  eager to make success of anti-haze treaty
  (published by The
  Straits Times, 12 June 2002)

• South East Asia:  Asean
  inks landmark deal to battle haze
  (published by The
  Straits Times, 11 June 2002)

• USA: Colorado
  Wildfires Force Thousands to Evacuate (published by Environmental News Service, 10 June 2002)

• RUSSIA: Forests Continue
  Blazing In Yakutia, Khabarovsk Territory (ITAR-TASS, June 7, 2002)

• USA: Los Angeles Area Fire
  Scorches Thousands of Acres (published by Environmental News Service, 7 June 2002)

• Australia: Man
  who ‘craved to be a hero’ jailed for Sydney fires (published by Indedendent
  News,  5 June 2002)

• USA: Wildfires
  rage in three US states (published by Planet Ark,
  4 June 2002)

• Canada: Strong winds fan forest fires across Canadian
  west (published by Planet Ark,
  3 June 2002)

• RUSSIA: Fire Destroys Over
  500,000 Hectares Of Forest In Russia (ITAR-TASS, June 3, 2002)

• Canada: Northern fire
  evacuation up to 1,200 (published by www.canada.com,
  27 May 2002 )

• USA: Winds whipping up Colorado wildfire (published by Planet Ark,
  24 May 2002)

• USA: Federal Forest
  Fire Plan Achieved (published by the Society of American Foresters, 24
  May 2002)

• RUSSIA: Russian Minister
  Blames Officials, Loggers For Forest Fire Problem (BBC, May 24, 2002)

• RUSSIA: Situation With
  Forest Fires In Russia Remains Tense (ITAR-TASS, May 24, 2002)

• RUSSIA: Taiga is burning in
  Russia´s Far East (published by Badische
  Zeitung, 23 May 2002)

• USA: Forest Service
  Reassigns Firefighters After Administrative Review (published by the
  Society of American Foresters, 20 May 2002)

• RUSSIA: Arson To Blame
  For Some Of Russia’s Forest Fires (published by Agence France Presse, May 18, 2002)

• RUSSIA: Wildfires
  Threaten To Russia’s Pristine Taiga (published by ITAR-TASS, May 18, 2002 )

• USA: Enviro Group Report
  Rebuts Federal Fire Policies (published by Environmental News Service, 16 May 2002)

• Viet Nam: Fire damage in
  cajeput forests a blow to priceless ecological asset (published by Viet
  Nam News, 16 May 2002)

• USA: Too
  Proud to Ask  (published by www.aeronautics.ru/
  , 16 May 2002)

• RUSSIA: Forest
  fires tear through Siberia, Russia Far East (published by Planet Ark,
  14 May 2002)

• RUSSIA: Forest Fires
  Threaten Trans-Siberian Railway (published by Deutsche Presse-Agentur, May 13, 2002)

• RUSSIA: Forest
  Fires Spread in Russian Far East (published by BBC, 12 May 2002)

• Kenya: Deliberate
  fires ‘set Africa ablaze’
  (published by BBC, 10
  May 2002)

• RUSSIA:
  Thousands of Hectares Ablaze in Far East
  Russia Forests (published by ITAR TASS, 10 May 2002)

• Australia: Fire For Life’ group to lobby for more controlled burn-offs
  (published by ABC News Online,
  09 May 2002)

• Guatemala:
  Fuego destruye
  cultivos en Petén <Fire destroys cultivations in Petén> (published by
  Pensa Libre.com, 9 May 2002)

   

• Russia: Forest-Protection
  Service Struggles to Fight Fires in Russia’s Omsk Region (BBC Monitoring
  International Reports, 8 May 2002)

• South Africa: El Niño seen
  hitting southern Africa in late 2002
  (published by Environmental News Network, 7
  May 2002)

• USA: Salomon
  says no ease in US drought until late 2002 (published by Planet Ark,
  7 May 2002)

• USA: Senators Decry
  Wildfire Readiness (published by THE
  ASSOCIATED PRESS, 7 May 2002)

• South Africa: ‘Alien vegetation spread Simon’s Town fire’ (published by Indendent Online, 19 April 2002)

• USA: Administration Creates
  Wildland Fire Leadership Council (Published by the Society of American Foresters,
  15 April 2002)

• USA: NOVA presents
  “Fire Wars” on PBS, 7 May 2002, 8-10 p.m. ET (published by Wildfire News and
  Notes, Vol16, No.1, March 2002)

   

• USA: As global warming rises, so do tree-killing infestations of bark beetles (published by Environmental News Network, 04
  April
  2002)

• USA: US Forest Service Misuses National Fire Plan
  (published by Environmental News Network, 04
  April 2002)

• Brazil: Bill. No.
  1693/96 on Regulation of Burning approved by t he Commission of Constitution
  and Justice (published by Panorama Brasil – Florestas, 19 March 2002,
  and Sociedade Brasileira de Silvicultura, 26 March 2002)

   

• Australia:
  Quick Response of
  Nambucca Volunteers Saves House (published by
  New South Wales Rural Fire
  Service, 26 March 2002)

• USA: Wildfire in New Mexico (published by Environmental News Network, 26
  March
  2002)

• Australia: Aircranes Stay For New Fire Danger
  (published by New South Wales Rural Fire
  Service,  19 March 2002)

• Singapore: Forest fires spreading haze across Southeast
  Asia (published by Planet Ark,
  15 March 2002)

• Malaysia: Drought sparks fires, water rationing in Malaysia (published by Planet Ark,
  14 March 2002)

• USA: Arizona crews work to keep wildfire from
  hummingbird preserve (published by Environmental News Network, 11
  March
  2002)

• Indonesia: Indonesia haze shuts schools, threatens
  neighbours (published by Planet Ark,
  28 February 2002)

• Chile: Chilean forest fires termed environmental
  tragedy (published by Planet Ark,
  27 February 2002)

• Chile: Chile fires destroy protected forests
  (published by Planet Ark,
  25 February 2002)

• SOUTH AFRICA:  Fire warnings in Cape as heat goes on and on
  (published by Indendent Online,  24 February 2002)

• Singapore: Singapore expects some haze from regional dry spell
  (published by Planet Ark,
  21 February 2002)

• Indonesia: Thick haze in Indonesia could threaten neighbours
  (published by Planet Ark,
  21 February 2002)

• SOUTH AFRICA: Cape mountain fire ‘started deliberately’
  (published by Indendent Online, 20 February 2002)

• Malaysia: Malaysia hit by fires and haze, sees rain ahead
  (published by Planet Ark,
  20 February 2002)

• USA: Biomass  Burning Boosts Stratospheric Moisture (published by Environmental News Service, 20 February
  2002)

• Indonesia: Fire
  and smoke in Riau (distributed by Ivan P. Anderson, 17 February 2002)

• USA: U.S.
  General Accounting Office (GOA) releases fire report (published by the 
  Society of American Foresters,  15 February 2002)

• USA: Decision
  Reached on Bitterroot Salvage (published by the 
  Society of American Foresters,  15 February 2002)

• USA: Firefighters tame wind-fed San Diego-area
  brushfire (published by
  Planet Ark, 14 February 2002)

• USA: Raging California brush fire reaches Marine
  base (published by Environmental News Network, 12
  February
  2002)

• Chile: Chilean forest firefighters demand more
  funding (published by Environmental News Network, 12
  February
  2002)

• Chile: Chile forest fires not seen under control for
  week (published by
  Planet Ark, 11 February 2002)

• SOUTH AFRICA: Ukuvuka is
  delivering the goods (published by Indendent Online, 8 February 2002)

• USA: Bitterroot Settlement Saves Thousands of Forest Acres (published by Environmental News Service, 8 February
  2002)

• Chile: Fires threaten Chile’s native forests, reserves (published by Environmental News Network, 7
  February
  2002)

• Switzerland: Leben mit dem Feuer (published by
  Weltwoche, 7
  February
  2002)

• France: Fires blaze in southwest France (published by
  Planet Ark, 5 February 2002)

• Italy: Arsonists to blame for most of Italy forest fires (published by
  Planet Ark, 29
  January 2002)

• RUSSIA: Siberian
  Tiger Endangered as Forest Fires Rage (published by The Scotsman,25
  January 2002)

• USA:  Government and environmentalists debate
  fate of burned Sierra Nevada forests (published by Environmental News Network, 23 January
  2002)

• Australia: Wildlife fund digs deep for fire appeal
  (published by The Sydney
  Morning Herald, 21 January 2002)

• USA: Logging Science Debate Smolders in the Sierra
  (published by Los Angeles Times,
  20 January 2002)

• Congo: UPDATE – Thousands flee town as Congo volcano erupts (published by
  Planet Ark, 18
  January 2002)

• Australia: UPDATE – Rain brings an end to Sydney bushfire crisis (published by
  Planet Ark, 17
  January 2002)

• Australia: Koperberg calls end to bushfire crisis (published by The Sydney
  Morning Herald, 16 January 2002)

• RUSSIA:
  Russian
  Defence Plant Develops Bombs to Fight Forest Fires (published by
  ITAR-TASS and BBC
  Monitoring International Reports, 16 January 2002)

• Germany / Australia: Wasser
  allein hilft nicht (published by Sueddeutsche
  Zeitung, 15 January 2002)

• Australia: Crews still
  battling fires as emergency nears end (published by ABC News Online,
  14 January 2002)

• Australia: No end to bushfire crisis (published by The
  Age, 14 January 2002)

• Australia: Strategy to unite fire fighters (published by The
  Age, 13 January 2002)

• Malaysia: Fire-prone plantation turned into eco-park
  (published by The Star Online,
  Malaysia, 12 January 2002)

• Australia: Daily updated archive of fire news and reports, starting
  26 December 2001(published by The Sydney
  Morning Herald)

• Australia: Arsonists blamed
  for latest bushfires (published by ABC News Online,
  11 January 2002)

• USA: Responses to “Risky business: Development in the eye of nature’s storms”
  (published by Environmental News Network, 10 January
  2002)

• Guatemala: Guatemala president slams sugar growers
  for fires (published by
  Planet Ark, 10
  January 2002)

• USA: Judge Overrules Decision Allowing Logging of Burned Trees (published by
  The New York Times On The Web, 9
  January 2002)

• Germany / Australia: Ein gesunder Wald braucht hin und wieder Feuer
  (published by Basler
  Zeitung, 9 January 2002)

• Australia:
  West
  Australia calls for national bushfires policy (published by
  The West Australian, 8 January
  2002)

• USA: Judge’s Order halts
  harvesting in Bitterroot (published by the 
  Society of American Foresters, 8 January 2002)

• Malaysia: Moves to overcome dump fire
  (published by The Star Online,
  Malaysia, 7 January 2002)

• Australia: Rains ease bushfire threat
  (published by The Sydney
  Morning Herald)

• Australia: South Coast towns evacuated as fires flare (published by
  The Sydney
  Morning Herald,  7 January 2002)

• Australia: Fires threaten south
  coast towns (published by ABC News Online,
  7 January 2002)

• Australia: Ecologist: Bush fires part of Nature’s way to rejuvenate
  (published by The Star Online,
  Malaysia, 6 January 2002)

• Australia: “Elvis” – ein Hubschrauber rettet Leben
  (published by Deutsche Presse Agentur/dpa, 4 January 2002)

• Australia: Australian fires burn from mountains to sea 
  (published by Environmental News Network, 4 January
  2002)

• Australia: Extra fire
  crews called in as bushfires continue  to rage (published by ABC News Online,
  4 January 2002)

• Italy: Italy ravaged by deliberate forests fires
  (published by World Wide Fund for Nature, 4 January, 2002)

• Global Fire Monitoring Center / German Committee for
  Disaster Reduction within the UN ISDR:
  Press Release on Australian
  “Christmas Fires” (published 3 January 2002)

• Australia: More evacuations as fires continue to threaten homes
  (published by ABC News Online,
  2 January 2002)

• Australia: Thousands flee holiday town as fire rages
  (published by ABC News Online,
  2 January 2002)

• Australia: Wildlife groups fear few survivors in Sydney fires (published by
  Planet Ark, 1
  January 2002)

• Australia: Australia bushfires part of an ancient cycle (published by
  Planet Ark, 1
  January 2002)

• Australia: Winds fan Australia bushfires, fireworks still on 
  (published by
  Planet Ark, 1
  January 2002)

• Australia: New Year brings more fire fears around Sydney  (published by
  Planet Ark, 1
  January 2002)