GFMC: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
November 2014
- Ghana: Bushfires: The nightmare of rice farmers in Northern Ghana (published by www.ghanaweb.com 30 November 2014)
- Tanzania: Ten per cent of land lost to bush fires annually (published by www.dailynews.co.tz 30 November 2014)
- USA: U.S. Forest Service exceeds yearly forest restoration goals (published by www.grandrapidsmn.com 29 November 2014)
- Indonesia: Jokowi pledges to act against forest fires (published by www.todayonline.com 28 November 2014)
- Indonesia: 80% of forests in C. Kalimantan converted for plantations and mining: REDD+ (published by www.thejakartapost.com 26 November 2014)
- España: Premio de 10.000 euros para el Daviña Rey por su aplicación telefónica (published by www.lavozdegalicia.es 25 November 2014)
- Poland: Fire damages 750-year-old oak tree in Poland (published by www.utsandiego.com 24 November 2014)
- Australia: Scratching lyrebirds create forest firebreaks (published by www.abc.net 24 November 2014)
- USA: Bear cub burned in last summers Methow Valley wildfire is heading to Idaho (published by http://seattletimes.com 22 November 2014)
- Mongolia: 11 family homes burned (published by www.news.mn 21 November 2014)
- Australia: CFS to ground aerial firefighting fleet if a drone is spotted near a bushfire (published by https://au.gwn7.yahoo 21 November 2014)
- USA: Aerial firefighting part one: anchor, flank, and pinch (published by www.airlinereporter.com 19 November 2014)
- Australia: Third CFS brigade refuses to fight fires on South Australian government land in protest against Emergency Services Levy (published by www.adelaidenow.com 19 November 2014)
- Ghana: COCOSHE spearhead anti-bushfire literacy campaign (published by www.spyghana.com 19 November 2014)
- Indonesia: President Jokowi should take action against forest fire perpetrators (published by www.antaranews.com 19 November 2014)
- Canada: Layoffs to forest firefighting crews to put Sault-area communities at risk (published by https://ca.finance 18 November 2014)
- USA: Lockheed Martin tests firefighting drone helicopter at Griffiss International Airport (video) (published by www.syracuse.com 18 November 2014)
- USA: California tells court it cant release inmates early because it would lose cheap prison labor (published by http://thinkprogress.org 18 November 2014)
- Australia: Technology adds to bushfire-fighting toolbox (published by www.afr.com 18 November 2014)
- Indonesia: Jokowi urged to see forest fires for himself (published by www.thejakartapost.com 17 November 2014)
- Australia: CFA smoky on job cuts (published by www.heraldsun.com 17 November 2014)
- USA: Climate change may mean 50% more lightning by 2100 (published by http://news.yahoo.com 13 November 2014)
- USA: Stunning GoPro footage from the front lines of a wildfire (published by http://digg.com 13 November 2014)
- USA: Wildfires may fill our future as climate change sparks lightning (published by www.sciencetimes.com 13 November 2014)
- Malaysia/ Indonesia: Malaysia to ink new MoU with Indonesia to tackle haze (published by www.thestar.com 13 November 2014)
- Australia: Urgency needed in fire debate (published by www.stockandland.com 13 November 2014)
- USA: Are unmanned aircraft a savior or threat? (published by www.emergencymgmt.com 12 November 2014)
- USA: New organization to help reduce wildfire threat (published by www.nevadaappeal.com 12 November 2014)
- Australia: The response to the 2013 “Black Sunday” bushfires marred by communication failures (published by www.dailyliberal.com 12 November 2014)
- Australia: Margaret River bushfires: why weren’t the Indigenous people asked for advice? (published by www.margaretrivermail.com 11 November 2014)
- Australia: Researchers propose new strategies to manage native forests (published by http://phys.org 11 November 2014)
- Australia: Bushfire law cuts both ways (published by www.theherald.com 11 November 2014)
- Indonesia: How Indonesias One Map could tackle the haze problem (published by www.futuregov.asia 11 November 2014)
- USA: Wildfires that could impact human communities in eastern Colorado Rockies most likely to start on private lands, experts say (published by www.prnewswire.com 10 November 2014)
- South Africa: From jailbirds to firefighters (published by www.iol.co 10 November 2014)
- India: Post hudhud horrors, wildfires creating panic (published by www.newindianexpress.com 10 November 2014)
- Australia: Firefighting helicopters to be grounded if drones spotted in bushfire areas, authorities say (published by www.abc.net 10 November 2014)
- Australia: Drones trialled in fighting bushfires (published by www.smh.com 09 November 2014)
- USA: Wildfire suppression a losing battle, report says (published by www.standard.net 08 November 2014)
- Australia: RFS pilots worried hobby drones could collide with firefighting aircraft (published by www.brisbanetimes.com.au 08 November 2014)
- USA: Coffman urges the president to increase wildfire prevention funding (published by http://coffman.house 07 November 2014)
- Asean: Think-tank to launch haze tracking portal next year (published by www.channelnewsasia.com 06 November 2014)
- USA: Woman found dead in brush fire ruled overcome by smoke (published by http://standardspeaker.com 06 November 2014)
- Indonesia: This sneaky substance is in almost everything you eatand its destroying the planet (published by http://qz.com 05 November 2014)
- Indonesia: New minister weighs political, business interests in managing forests (published by http://news.asiaone 04 November 2014)
- USA: We pay inmates $3 a day to fight California wildfires (published by http://grist.org 03 November 2014)
- Australia: Australia wildfires kill firefighter, raze 2 homes (published by http://abcnews.go.com 01 November 2014)
- Australia: Farmer dies battling bushfire north of Adelaide (published by www.abc.net.au 01 November 2014)