GFMC: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
January 2015
- Uganda: Heavy losses after Lira forest fire (published by www.newvision.co 31 January 2015)
- Australia: One home confirmed lost in WA blaze (published by https://au.news. 31 January 2015)
- India: Women teams to conserve two Pithoragarh forests (published by http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com 31 January 2015)
- Australia: Houses under threat as flames approach Waroona (published by https://au.news.yahoo.com 30 January 2015)
- Australia: Pupils return to Kersbrook Primary School after Adelaide Hills bushfires (published by https://au.gwn7 27 January 2015)
- USA: Breathing wildfire smoke can have serious health consequences (published by http://msue.anr.msu.edu 26 January 2015)
- Chile: Desarrollan una tecnología para combatir incendios forestales (published by www.noticiasambientales.com 26 January 2015)
- New Zealand: Steam train company could face big blaze bill (published by www.stuff.co.nz 27 January 2015)
- USA: Pacifica: Firefighters contain huge vegetation fire (published by www.contracostatimes.com 26 January 2015)
- Australia: This fire in Australia has been burning for 6,000 years (published by www.sciencealert.com 26 January 2015)
- South Africa: Fire season worsens allergies in CT (published by http://lifestyle.iafrica.com 26 January 2015)
- Asia: The choking problem of Asias air pollution (published by www.bbc.com 26 January 2015)
- UK: Satellites for Peat’s Sake (published by www.enewspf.com 26 January 2015)
- Amazon: The Amazon is burning (published by http://uk.businessinsider.com 24 January 2015)
- Australia: Power company wants to poison trees to cut bushfire risks (published by www.adelaidenow.com.au 24 January 2015)
- Japan: Agency strives to overcome chopper pilot shortage for fire and disaster response (published by www.japantimes.co.jp 24 January 2015)
- Canada: Wanted: 200 new forest wildfire firefighters this summer in B.C.(published by www.cbc.ca 23 January 2015)
- USA: New measure targets wildfire funding (published by http://durangoherald.com 22 January 2015)
- Canada: Ontario government sues CN rail for millions in firefighting costs (published by www.cbc.ca 22 January 2015)
- Australia: Crowd sourcing and satellites help identify Adelaide bushfire destruction (published by www.abc.net.au 20 January 2015)
- ASEAN: Indonesia Deposits Instrument of Ratification of the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (published by www.asean.org 20 January 2015)
- USA: Aircrew distinction award for MAFFS crew (published by www.airmedandrescue.com 19 January 2015)
- India: 300 watchers, guards to be hired to combat forest fires (published by www.thehindu.com 18 January 2015)
- France: Le CTIF visite Valabre (published by www.entente-valabre.com 15 January 2015)
- Australia: SA bushfire claims almost $25 million (published by https://au.news.yahoo.com 15 January 2015)
- Global: Climate change threatens to release some of nature’s largest CO2 stockpiles (published by www.eenews.net 14 January 2015)
- Israel: Israel to expand firefighting squadron (published by www.airmedandrescue.com 13 January 2015)
- India: Mangaluru: Fire near school continues for two days, kids swing into action (published by www.daijiworld.com 13 January 2015)
- Chile: 100 Wildfires in Chile burn 35,000 acres and 15 homes (published by www.laprensasa.com 12 January 2015)
- Indonesia: Burnable: peat bogs’ 850bn tonnes of carbon (published by www.theecologist.org 12 January 2015)
- Australia: Western Victorian farmers need land for thousands of sheep following Moyston bushfire (published by www.abc.net.au 11 January 2015)
- Australia: Bushfires kill, but knowing exactly how might make them less deadly (published by http://theconversation.com 11 January 2015)
- USA: Forest Service gets $65M for air tankers — what will it buy? (published by www.eenews.net 11 January 2015)
- Argentina: Brigadistas dejaron de trabajar en el incendio y provocaron una fuerte polémica (published by www.anbariloche.com.ar 10 January 2015)
- Australia: Adelaide bushfires: PM announces cash payments for people left homeless (published by www.theguardian.com 08 January 2015)
- Australia: Airlines offer bushfire assistance (published by www.dailymail.co.uk 06 January 2015)
- USA: Minnesota water bombers will be replaced (published by www.duluthnewstribune.com 05 January 2015)
- Israel: Israels firefighting unit to expand with six new planes (published by http://defense-update.com 05 January 2015)
- Australia: Homes destroyed in South Australian bushfire (published by www.theaustralian.com.au 04 January 2015)
- Australia: Adelaide Hills blaze still threatens but danger eases in Vic (published by www.theaustralian.com.au 04 January 2015)
- India: Two troopers killed while dousing forest fire in Kashmir (published by www.kashmirdispatch.com 03 January 2015)
- India: Employee injured in forest fire in Doda (published by www.business-standard.com 01 January 2015)