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

Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics

August 2010

• Europe: FAO’s Silva Mediterranea Focuses on Forest Fires and Climate Change (published by climate-l.org, 31 August 2010)

• USA: Wild horses rounded up after devastating wildfire (published by www.ktvb.com, 31 August 2010)

• United Kingdom: Firefighters battle on as moor peat blaze rages underground (published by www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk, 31 August 2010)

• Congo: ACT Alliance Rapid Response Payment Request No. 12/2010: ASSISTANCE TO SURVIVORS OF WILD FIRES IN NYUNZU, DRC (published by www.reliefweb.int, 31 August 2010)

• Bolivia: Se prepara la ayuda externa desde la capital cruceña (published by www.reliefweb.int, 31 August 2010)

• France: Forest fires hit south of France (published by www.connexionfrance.com, 31 August 2010)

• Bolivia: Invertirán Bs 172 mil para combatir incendios (published by www.reliefweb.int, 31 August 2010)

• Australia: No to fire (published by www.starnewsgroup.com.au, 31 August 2010)

• USA: Golfer sparked Irvine brush fire trying to hit ball, officials say; 150 firefighters respond (published by latimesblogs.latimes.com, 31 August 2010)

• USA: Could Hawaii “fire tornado” be radioactive? (published by www.bigislandvideonews.com, 31 August 2010)

• USA: CFD puts out a grass fire, ignites a child’s dream (published by canbyherald.com, 30 August 2010)

• Canada: Wilder fires (published by www.torontosun.com, 30 August 2010)

• Zimbabwe: Veld fire destroys Old Bulawayo (published by www.newzimbabwe.com, 30 August 2010)

• Turkey: Efforts to put out contained Antalya fire continue (published by www.todayszaman.com, 30 August 2010)

• Australia: Vic appoints fire commissioner (published by www.securityaccess.com.au, 30 August 2010)

• Argentina: Cancillería de Argentina confirma ayuda a Bolivia para combatir los incendios (URGENTE) (published by www.reliefweb.int, 29 August 2010)

• Australia: Fire refuges still a long time coming (published by www.bbc.co.uk, 28 August 2010)

• United Kingdom: ‘Deliberate fires drop’ in Wales (published by www.bbc.co.uk, 28 August 2010)

• USA: Prescribed fire escapes near Helena, MT — evacuations taking place (published by www.examiner.com , 28 August 2010)

• Zimbabwe: Veldt fires on the rise (published by www.zbc.co.zw, 28 August 2010)

• Australia: Fire ecologist supports land buyback scheme (published by www.abc.net.au, 28 August 2010)

• Australia: Victoria to increase planned burning (published by news.smh.com.au, 27 August 2010)

• Australia: John Brumby details the State Government response to the Bushfires Royal Commission (published by www.abc.net.au, 27 August 2010)

• Australia: Govt announces response (published by www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au, 27 August 2010)

• United Kingdom: Most grass fires in Wales ‘started deliberately’ (published by www.bbc.co.uk, 27 August 2010)

• Russia: Fire and rage in Russia (published by www.france24.com, 27 August 2010)

• USA: Hikers trapped by East County brush fire rescued just in time (published by www.760kfmb.com, 27 August 2010)

• Zimbabwe: Herd boy, 11 elephants killed in veld fires (published by www1.chronicle.co.zw, 26 August 2010)

• Australia: Aussie DJ Kaz James fired up on Ibiza (published by www.heraldsun.com.au, 26 August 2010)

• Bolivia: Chile envía una misión técnica de evaluación (published by www.reliefweb.int, 26 August 2010)

• Bolivia: El Gobierno reacciona tras 40 días de incendios (published by www.reliefweb.int, 26 August 2010)

• Bolivia: Bolivia/La Paz: 26 municipios en emergencia por la sequía, la gobernación evalúa las pérdidas (published by www.reliefweb.int, 26 August 2010)

• Australia: $21.5 mill for early fire warnings (published by www.weeklytimesnow.com.au, 26 August 2010)

• Russia: ACT Alliance Appeal: Fires in Central Russia – RUS101 (published by www.reliefweb.int, 25 August 2010)

• Zimbabwe: Get Tough on Veld Fires, Nhema Tells Chiefs (published by www.zimbabwesituation.org, 25 August 2010)

• Zimbabwe: Old Bulawayo burnt to ashes (published by http://forum.newzimbabwe.com, 25 August 2010)

• Brazil: Rare fire tornado sparked by Brazil brush fires (published by www.ndtv.com, 25 August 2010)

• Russia: Forest fires put out in Moscow region (published by rt.com, 24 August 2010)

• USA: Hundreds remember 1910 fires anniversary (published by www.kpax.com, 24 August 2010)

• Spain: Mediterranean forest fires alarm residents, tourists alike (published by www.euronews.net, 23 August 2010)

• Canada: B.C.’s forest fire season worst in 12 years (published by www.bclocalnews.com, 23 August 2010)

• Zimbabwe: NRZ risks US$1m fine for starting veld fire (published by www.chronicle.co.zw, 23 August 2010)

• Indonesia: Government says no to converting peatland into plantations (published by The Jakarta Post, 23 August 2010)

• Russia: State of emergency has been lifted in Ryazan Region (published by www.reliefweb.int, 23 August 2010)

• Indonesia: Indonesia is in a battle against time as it ramps up efforts to cut greenhouse gases. (published by presszoom.com, 23 August 2010)

• Russia: Russia: forests up in flames (published by www.thehindu.com, 23 August 2010)

• Australia: We can track cyclones on the net, why not fires? (published by http://www.theage.com.au, 22 August 2010)

• Russia: Wild fires and the heat-wave in the Russian Federation Situation Report (published by www.reliefweb.int, 22 August 2010)

• Russia: New chilled weather improves situation with wildfires (published by www.neurope.eu, 22 August 2010)

• Russia: The political and social roots of Russia’s wildfire disaster (published by www.wsws.org, 21 August 2010)

• Canada: B.C. forest fire smoke drifts as far as northern Ontario (published by ottawa.ctv.ca, 21 August 2010)

• DR Congo: DR Congo bush fires kill eight, burn 500 homes (published by www.reliefweb.int, 20 August 2010)published by www.reliefweb.int

• Russia: Comment: Russia’s 2010 fire catastrophes could be repeated – what can be done? (published by www.bellona.org, 20 August 2010)

• Indonesia: Indonesian Government Says Deforestation Ban To Begin Small, Grow Later (Source: AP, 20 August 2010)

• Russia: Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Will Forest Fires Change Russia’s Climate Policy? (published by www.russiaprofile.org , 20 August 2010)

• Russia: Russia weather cools but rubbish fire irritates Moscow (published by www.timesofmalta.com, 20 August 2010)

• Russia: Moscow wildfires out by weekend: minister (published by www.montrealgazette.com, 20 August 2010)

• Russia: China sends 20 mln yuan in fire relief assistance to Russia (published by http://news.xinhuanet.com, 20 August 2010)

• Russia: Russia lifts fire emergency in three regions (published by www.google.com, 20 August 2010)

• Russia: Russia’s Putin sacks top forestry aide after fires (published by www.reuters.com , 20 August 2010)

• Papua New Guinea: Revelations in Papua New Guinea that six children burnt to death (published by www.rnzi.com, 20 August 2010)

• Indonesia: Indonesia May Cancel Permits To Save Forest (published by planetark.org, 19 August 2010)

• Australia: Premier John Brumby names Craig Lapsley as new Fire Services Commissioner (published by www.heraldsun.com.au, 19 August 2010)

• Singapure: Up in Smoke: Peatland Fires in Russia and Indonesia (Source: www.rsis.edu.sg, 19 August 2010)

• USA: Firefighter, 18, charged with setting forest fire (published by www.courierpostonline.com, 19 August 2010)

• United Kingdom: Few Chernobyl Radiation Risks From Russia Fires (published by planetark.org, 19 August 2010)

• Swaziland: SD, SA to sign MoU on veld fires (published by www.observer.org.sz, 18 August 2010)

• Canada: B.C. wildfire evacuation orders expanded (published by www.cbc.ca, 18 August 2010)

• Brazil: Controlado incêndio florestal em terra indígena de MT (published by rmtonline.globo.com, 18 August 2010)

• Russia: Heat Probably Killed Thousands In Moscow (published by planetark.org, 18 August 2010)

• USA: Animals Blamed for Causing Fires (published by kezi.com, 17 August 2010)

• USA: NASA Video Shows Global Reach of Pollution from Fires (published by airs.jpl.nasa.gov, 17 August 2010)

• USA: Fried bird starts 2nd animal-caused fire in week (published by www.kpic.com, 17 August 2010)

• USA: Copper Thieves Cut Down Power Pole, Spark Fire (published by cbs13.com, 17 August 2010)

• Swaziland: Elderly couple left in the cold (published by www.times.co.sz, 17 August 2010)

• USA: Union Pacific settles with feds over forest fire costs (published by www.sacbee.com, 17 August 2010)

• Ukraine: Ukrainian Officials Say Wildfires Under Control (published by www.rferl.org, 16 August 2010)

• Canada: 70% of B.C. under extreme forest fire danger: province (published by www.vancouversun.com, 16 August 2010)

• Australia: Qld professor to lead UN study (published by www.abc.net.au, 16 August 2010)

• Ukraine: Emergency Situations Ministry Attributes Smoke In Kyiv To Peat Fires In Chernihiv Region (published by un.ua, 16 August 2010)

• Australia: Firies seek $20m more for fuel burn (published by www.smh.com.au, 16 August 2010)

• South Africa: Dry weather raises risk of wildfire (16 August 2010)

• Australia: Labor promises $21m for wounded soldiers (published by www.theage.com.au, 16 August 2010)

• Russia: In the Russian wildfires, will Putin get burned? (published by www.washingtonpost.com, 15 August 2010)

• Australia: Bushfire counsel attacks report (published by www.theage.com.au, 15 August 2010)

• USA: AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK ANNOUNCES SELECTION OF COLLABORATIVE FOREST RESTORATION PROJECTS (published by www.waterworld.com, 14 August 2010)

• Canada: B.C. forest fire bill growing (published by www.vancouversun.com, 14 August 2010)

• Australia: Climate change will cost us all (published by www.smh.com.au, 14 August 2010)

• Portugal: Firefighters battle Portugal wildfires (published by www.onenewspage.com, 14 August 2010)

• Australia: Black Saturday arson hearing set (published by www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au, 14 August 2010)

• Portugal: Portugal: firefighters battling 26 forest blazes (published by www.ajc.com, 14 August 2010)

• Australia: Buybacks and tough sells (published by www.theage.com.au, 14 August 2010)

• Australia: Anger as utility denies blame for fire (published by www.theaustralian.com.au, 14 August 2010)

• Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan Introduces Total Ban on Forest Visits (published by today.az, 14 August 2010)

• Australia: SA to prioritise fire refuges in Commission reply (published by www.governmentnews.com.au, 14 August 2010)

• Spain: Two firefighters killed tackling forest fires in Spain (published by www.bbc.co.uk, 13 August 2010)

• Australia: Push land buybacks: planners (published by www.theage.com.au, 13 August 2010)

• Portugal: Villagers rescued from Portuguese wildfire (published by www.euronews.net, 13 August 2010)

• Portugal: Deadly fires rage on in Portugal (published by www.bbc.co.uk, 12 August 2010)

• Portugal: Firefighters battle raging forest blazes in Portugal (published by edition.cnn.com, 12 August 2010)

• Cuba: Thousands of hectares of forest destroyed by fire in Cuba. (published by www.istockanalyst.com, 12 August 2010)

• Portugal: Firefighters battle raging forest blazes in Portugal (published by edition.cnn.com, 12 August 2010)

• USA: Firefighter Collapses During Call, Crew Revives Him (published by www.thebostonchannel.com, 12 August 2010)

• USA: Defective Power Pole Insulator Causes Grass Fire, Storm Knocks Out Power (published by www.clarkedailynews.com, 12 August 2010)

• Canada: Tenants flee Whitby fire (published by www.torontosun.com, 11 August 2010)

• Canada: Russian smoke adds to B.C. wildfire haze (published by www.bclocalnews.com, 11 August 2010)

• World: Current extreme weather events (published by www.reliefweb.int, 11 August 2010)

• Australia: Australian bushfire royal commission report—a political whitewash (published by www.wsws.org, 11 August 2010)

• Canada: Whitby fire leaves dozens homeless (published by www.torontosun.com, 11 August 2010)

• South Africa: Pipeling blaze under control (published by www.capeargus.co.za, 11 August 2010)

• USA: Forest fires are beneficial to soil health (published by www.naturalnews.com, 11 August 2010)

• Australia: Burn-off advice dismissed in South Australia (published by www.theaustralian.com.au, 11 August 2010)

• Australia: Owners cool on fire land buyback (published by www.standard.net.au, 11 August 2010)

• Russia: Wildfire Pictures: Russia Burns, Moscow Chokes (published by news.nationalgeographic.com, 10 August 2010)

• EU: A Modest E.U. Plan to Fight Forest Fires (published by www.nytimes.com, 10 August 2010)

• Australia: Back-down on key Black Saturday fire danger report recommendation (published by www.adelaidenow.com.au, 10 August 2010)

• Australia: Leadership Lessons from Bushfires Royal Commission (published by manningham-leader.whereilive.com.au, 10 August 2010)

• USA: Mountain saplings are a foot high and still growing (published by www.latimes.com, 10 August 2010)

• USA: A Man Who Doesn’t Want His Work to Go Up in Smoke (published by www.nytimes.com, 09 August 2010)

• Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan faces harsh situation on forest steppe fire prevention (published by english.peopledaily.com.cn, 09 August 2010)

• Georgia: Forest Fire Rages in Akhaltsikhe District (published by www.civil.ge, 09 August 2010)

• Russia: Russia’s haze no hazard for Europe (published by english.ruvr.ru, 09 August 2010)

• Russia: Emergency Declared Near Nuclear Centre As Russia Faces Worst Heatwave In 1,000 Years (published by www.allheadlinenews.com, 09 August 2010)

• Ukraine: Peat fires registered throughout the territory of Kiev region (published by www.ukrainianjournal.com, 09 August 2010)

• Azerbaijan: Forest fire in Azerbaijan’s Ismayilli region (published by en.apa.az, 09 August 2010)

• Ukraine: 1.4 Hectares Of Peat Bogs Burning In Kyiv Region (published by un.ua, 09 August 2010)

• Australia: Evacuate to where? (published by www.abc.net.au, 09 August 2010)

• Australia: Fires survivor pleads for land buybacks (published by news.smh.com.au, 09 August 2010)

• USA: Forest Fires Help Power the Nitrogen Cycle (published by www.acedmagazine.com, 09 August 2010)

• Australia: Findings blow to fire levy  (published by www.weeklytimesnow.com.au, 09 August 2010)

• USA: British Columbia wildfires put haze over western Montana (published by missoulian.com, 08 August 2010)

• USA: Rising Temperatures, Rising Food Prices (published by www.treehugger.com, 08 August 2010)

• Australia: Towns tire of Black Saturday talkfest (published by www.heraldsun.com.au, 08 August 2010)

• USA: Lockheed Fire a year later: Residents say blaze did some good; officials believe they know culprit (published by www.mercurynews.com, 08 August 2010)

• Iraq: Kurdistan at risk of grass fires (published by The Kurdish Globewww.kurdishglobe.net, 7 August 2010)

• Canada: Forest fire smoke blankets B.C. community (published by www.cbc.ca, 06 August 2010)

• USA/Indonesia: Bali Declaration Hopes to Save Indonesia’s Biodiversity from Deforestation (Source: Art Daily, 06 August 2010)

• USA: Lawmakers want wide GAO probe of wildfire response (published by www.mercurynews.com, 06 August 2010)

• USA: Sheep to fight fires (published by www.recorderonline.com, 06 August 2010)

• USA: Lawmakers seek broad probe into Forest Service response to Station fire (published by www.latimes.com, 06 August 2010)

• Canada: More than 400 wildfires burn across B.C. (published by www.vancouversun.com, 05 August 2010)

• Canada: First Nations evacuated as B.C. wildfires rage (published by www.vancouversun.com, 05 August 2010)

• Goergia: Georgian President reward citizens for liquidation of fires (published by rustavi2.com/index.php, 05 August 2010)

• Australia: Locals react to Victorian Bushfire Royal Commission final report (published by www.abc.net.au, 05 August 2010)

• Ukraine: The Government has strengthened the fire-prevention measures during the heat (published by www.kmu.gov.ua, 04 August 2010)

• Canada: Provincial forest fire budget up in flames as B.C. burns (published by www.vancouversun.com, 04 August 2010)

• Australia: Bushfire ‘listening tour’ dates go public after disastrous start to meetings (published by www.theage.com.au, 04 August 2010)

• Australia: Baillieu may struggle to keep bushfire promises (published by www.abc.net.au, 04 August 2010)

• USA: Ark. firefighter dies in wildland apparatus crash (published by www.firerescue1.com, 03 August 2010)

• Global: GLOBAL: The price of bread could rocket (published by www.reliefweb.int, 03 August 2010)

• United Kingdom: Hot summer sparks London grass fire warning (published by www.bbc.co.uk, 03 August 2010)

• Australia: Bushfire survivors still without help  (published by news.smh.com.au, 03 August 2010)

• USA: Fecon BioMass Harvester Seeks To Turn Fire Hazards into Gold (published by www.timberlinemag.com, 02 August 2010)

• Lebanon: Énorme incendie dans la vallée sainte de Qadicha (published by www.lorientlejour.com, 02 August 2010)

• USA: Toxic Forest Fire Retardant Threat to Wildlife (published by www.care2.com, 02 August 2010)

• Georgia: Borjomi Forest Fire ‘Mainly Contained’ (published by http://civil.ge, 02 August 2010)

• Canada: B.C. air tanker crashes, causes forest fire (published by www2.macleans.ca, 02 August 2010)

• USA: Large cargo plane crashes in Alaska, kills 3 (published by http://wireupdate.com, 02 August 2010)

• World: Extreme hot, cold waves torturing world (published by http://news.xinhuanet.com, 02 August 2010)

• Canada: Edmonton man killed in B.C. water-bomber crash (published by www.torontosun.com, 01 August 2010)

• Australia: Brumby Cabinet to discuss bushfire report (published by www.abc.net.au, 01 August 2010)

• Canada: Eastern Ontario forest firefighters sent to British Columbia (published by www.thesudburystar.com, 01 August 2010)

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