GFMC: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
October 2014
- USA: The prisoners fighting Californias wildfires (published by www.buzzfeed.com 31 October 2014)
- Brazil: Amazon rainforest losing ability to regulate climate, scientist warns (published by www.theguardian.com 31 October 2014)
- Australia: Social ties matter beyond bushfires (published by http://medicalxpress.com 30 October 2014)
- USA: Firefighter falls off 75-foot cliff during W.Va. brush fire (published by www.firehouse.com 29 October 2014)
- Indonesia: Jambi prone to fires due to excessive peatland conversion (published by www.thejakartapost.com 29 October 2014)
- Russia/Belarus: Belarus, Russia improving drought and wildfire forecasting methods (published by http://atom.belta 29 October 2014)
- Argentina: Un incendio forestal en Guachipas dejó cuatro muertos (published by www.eltribuno.info 29 October 2014)
- Indonesia-Malaysia: Indonesian Parliament to ratify Asean haze agreement (published by http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1210500 28 October 2014)
- USA: Fire blanket uses spaceship tech to protect forest-firefighters (published by www.gizmag.com 27 October 2014)
- Syria: Trees in Syria becoming lucrative business (published by www.al-monitor.com 26 October 2014)
- Ukraine / GFMC: Update of wildfires collateral damages of the armed conflict in Ukraine (published by GFMC, 23 October 2014)
- Russia: Conversation with the EMERCOM of Russia: Emergency Department informs about Bryansk peat fires (published by www.forestforum.ru 23 October 2014)
- USA: NASA arm develops flying firefighters with drones to control forest wild fires (published by www.microfinancemonitor.com 23 October 2014)
- Russia: Meet the firefighters who are bringing Russian innovation to America (published by www.russia-direct.org 22 October 2014)
- Zimbabwe: Veld fires kill nine people (published by www.bulawayo24.com 22 October 2014)
- Indonesia: Local administrations, companies warned on forest fires (published by www.thejakartapost.com 21 October 2014)
- Korea: Forest fires cause biodiversity loss: forum (published by www.koreaherald.com 21 October 2014)
- Russia/Indonesia: Indonesia may acquire from the Russian amphibious aircraft Be-200 (published by http://ria.ru 20 October 2014)
- Australia: Get set for more ferocious bushfires in NSW, report says (published by www.9news.com 20 October 2014)
- Australia: St Helens bushfire: Residents evacuated by boat after homes threatened (published by www.abc.net 20 October 2014)
- Indonesia: Woman perishes in peatland fires (published by www.theborneopost.com 17 October 2014)
- Turkey: OSCE trains fire management authorities and brigades on preparedness, prevention and response to wildfire disasters (published by www.osce.org 17 October 2014)
- Canada: Not all fires are worth fighting (published by www.vancouversun.com 15 October 2014)
- Sweden: Forest fire zone becomes ‘tourist hit’ for Sweden (published by www.thelocal.se 15 October 2014)
- USA: IDs for 2 Oregon pilots killed in Nevada crash (published by http://news.yahoo.com 14 October 2014)
- USA: What do wildfires have to do with climate change? (published by http://phys.org 14 October 2014)
- Russia: Peat fire covers 20 hectares in Bryansk region (published by http://en.ria.ru 14 October 2014)
- Indonesia: Firms blamed for fires (published by www.thejakartapost.com 13 October 2014)
- Indonesia: Thousands affected by Indonesian forest fire smog (published by www.worldbulletin.net 13 October 2014)
- Asean: On haze eradication, Susilo just a pretender – Jakarta Globe (published by www.themalaysianinsider.com 13 October 2014)
- Israel: Wildfire Destroys 750 Acres in Golan Heights (published by www.israelnationalnews.com 12 October 2014)
- USA: Behind the scenes look at wildfires (published by www.huffingtonpost.com 10 October 2014)
- Australia: Bushfire experts spot native plants popping up after managed blazes (published by www.dailytelegraph.com 10 October 2014)
- China: Six killed in China forest fire (published by http://en.cihan.com 10 October 2014)
- USA: Where raging fires were the norm (published by http://azdailysun.com 10 October 2014)
- USA: Don’t blame the beetles (published by www.sciencemag.org 10 October 2014)
- USA: In the war against wildfires, ecosystem restoration is the name of the game (published by http://crosscut.com 09 October 2014)
- USA: Air tanker crash highlights age of California’s firefighting aircraft (published by www.csmonitor.com 08 October 2014)
- USA: Only we can prevent costly forest fires. So why don’t we? (published by http://crosscut.com 08 October 2014)
- USA: Plane crashes while fighting California wildfire (published by https://au.news.yahoo.com 08 October 2014)
- Mongolia: Seven homes and over hundred livestock burnt in eastern Mongolia (published by http://sonin.mn/news/gemt-hereg/34025 08 October 2014)
- Singapore: Singapore Grapples With Unhealthy Haze From Indonesia (published by http://online.wsj.com 07 October 2014)
- USA: NASAs Langley Research Center to test fire-spotting drone over the Great Dismal Swamp (published by http://wtkr.com 07 October 2014)
- USA: Forest fires then and now (published by www.suffolknewsherald.com 07 October 2014)
- Australia: Groups grapple with fire safety changes (published by www.kiamaindependent.com 07 October 2014)
- Australia: New fire safety rules may threaten sensitive areas: Cr says (published by www.northernstar.com 07 October 2014)
- Turkey: Gallipoli bushfire threat: historian says peninsula is at risk of damaging blaze (published by www.theguardian.com 06 October 2014)
- USA: Snag Canyon Fire shows how logging can help stop wildfires (published by www.yakimaherald.com 05 October 2014)
- USA: Employing science to work with wildfires (published by www.idahostatesman.com 05 October 2014)
- USA: Response to Eiler Fire limited by resources (published by www.redding.com 04 October 2014)
- Australia: Bushfire program’s future in question (published by https://au.news.yahoo.com 03 October 2014)
- Greenland: Soot from Canadian wildfires may have increased Greenland ice melt (published by www.adn.com 03 October 2014)
- Singapore: Singapore smoke haze comes from further south (published by http://environmentalresearchweb.org 03 October 2014)
- USA: Feds paid for fighting fake fires (published by http://washingtonexaminer.com 02 October 2014)