GFMC: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
May 2007
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GFMC: Wildland Fire Side Event at the first meeting of the UNISDR Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction , Geneva, 5 June 2007 (published by GFMC, 31 May 2007)
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USA: Brush fire burning in Lake Os dry lakebed (published by www.nbc-2.com, 30 May 2007)
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USA: 15,000 acre brush fire burning in Glades (published by www.nbc-2.com, 30 May 2007)
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USA: North Port brush fire ‘suspicious’ (published by www.heraldtribune.com, 30 May 2007)
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USA: Florida seeks federal help with wildfires (published by www.fs-world.com, 27 May 2007)
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Zimbabwe: Veld fire kills more than ten elephants in Zimbabwe (published by www.chinadaily.net, 27 May 2007)
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GFMC / UNISDR: Media reports about the 4th International Wildland Fire Conference (compiled by GFMC, 20 May 2007)
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GFMC / UNISDR: UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. John Holmes, challenging the international community to enhancing international cooperation to reduce the negative impacts of fire on the environment and humanity (published by the GFMC, 14 May 2007)
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USA: Florida Wild Fires Force Evacuation of 100 Homes (published by www.planetark.com, 14 May 2007)
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USA: Wildfire burns in mid-Los Angeles (published by www.fs-world.com, 9 May 2007)
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Global: Transcontinental Wildfire Emissions Monitored From Space (published by www.spacemart.com, 9 May 2007)
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GFMC / Russia: Six people killed by wildland-residential interface fires in Minusinsk, Krasnyoarsk Kray, Russia (published by GFMC, 5 May 2007)
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Global: Biofuels: The Next Threat to Forests? (published by Conservation International, 4 May 2007)
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Global: World Bank Eyes $250 Million Deal To Save Forests (published by www.enn.com, 4 May 2007)
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China: N. China Threatened by Forest Fires (published by www.china.org.cn, 4 May 2007)
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USA: Georgia wildfire tops $18 million mark (published by www.fs-world.com, 3 May 2007)
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Indonesia: Indonesia Makes It To 2008 Guinness World Records As Fastest Forest Destroyer (published by Greenpeace South East Asia, 3 May 2007)
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China: Un incendie de forêt hors de contrôle dans l’Est de la Chine (published by www.french.xinhuanet.com, 3 May 2007)
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Costa Rica: 4 de Mayo: Dia del bombero y bombera forestall (4 May Day of the forest fire fighters) (published by www.sirefor.go.cr, 3 May 2007)
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Australia: Koperberg gets two climate change departments (published by wimmera.yourguide.com.au, 2 May 2007)
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USA: Ga. wildfire called ‘a long-term battle’ (published by www.chron.com, 1 May 2007)
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USA: Georgia fires cast smoky haze over region (published by www.thetandd.com, 1 May 2007)
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China: China battles forest fire in northeast mountains (published by www.alertnet.org, 1 May 2007)
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China: Gran incendio obliga a movilizar a un millar de bomberos en noreste China (published by www.spanish.xinhuanet.com, 1 May 2007)
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Spain: Estrategia internacional sobre incendios forestales se estudiará en Sevilla (published by actualidad.terra.es, 1 May 2007)
