GFMC: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
September 2015
- USA: Spending bill’s $700 million for wildfires reignites debate (published by www.azcentral.com 30 September 2015)
- Indonesia: Orangutans Saved From Indonesia Forest Fires (published by http://news.sky.com 30 September 2015)
- South Korea: Korea seeks more roles in wild-land fire control (published by www.koreaherald.com 29 September 2015)
- Indonesia/ASEAN: Indonesia believes its forest fires not on agenda for Asean Ministerial Meeting (published by www.thestar.com.my 29 September 2015)
- Indonesia: Indonesia sends force of nearly 21,000 to fight forest fires as haze continues to choke region (published by www.abc.net.au 29 September 2015)
- Australia: Forest firefighters refuse to conduct planned burns amid dispute with Victorian government (published by www.theage.com.au 29 September 2015)
- USA: Congressmen: Suppression model should be abandoned, wildfires treated as national disasters (published by www.minicassia.com 29 September 2015)
- USA: Congress Should Give the Government More Money for Wildfires (published by www.nytimes.com 28 September 2015)
- USA: How Inmate Firefighting Compares to Other Prison Jobs (published by www.psmag.com 28 September 2015)
- Australia: Can Construction Keep Up with Australian Weather Extremes? (published by https://sourceable.net 28 September 2015)
- Australia: Action stations: Firies on front foot as perfect storm threatens (published by www.news.com.au 27 September 2015)
- Indonesia/Singapore: Asia Pulp and Paper Company to do more to battle forest fires in Indonesia (published by www.todayonline.com 27 September 2015)
- Zimbawe: Made blames veld fires on white former farmers (published by www.newsday.co.zw 26 September 2015)
- USA: Wildfire retardant flights under review; some just painting stuff red (published by www.seattletimes.com 26 September 2015)
- USA: California fire officials say evacuation plans still aren’t good enough (published by www.theguardian.com 25 September 2015)
- USA: Wildland firefighting faces challenges (published by www.aspendailynews.com 25 September 2015)
- USA: Forest thinning policy talks heat up as fires cool down (published by https://countieswithnationalforests.wordpress.com 24 September 2015)
- USA: Forest management, wildfires and climate change (published by www.capitalpress.com 24 September 2015)
- USA: Over 260 Scientists Urge Senate: Dont Pass Post-Fire Logging Bills (published by http://johnmuirproject.org 24 September 2015)
- USA: Nation nears wildfire record with more than 9 million acres burned (published by www.usatoday.com 24 September 2015)
- World: More Smoke Can Mean Less Rain (published by http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov 24 September 2015)
- Indonesia: Palm oil giant stops buying from firm implicated in haze (published by www.straitstimes.com 24 September 2015)
- Singapore: Thickening haze from Indonesia forest fires dampens Muslim, Chinese festivities in Singapore (published by www.foxnews.com 24 September 2015)
- USA: Despite Wildfire Danger, Wildland Urban Interface Continues to Grow (published by www.claimsjournal.com 24 September 2015)
- Chile: Estudiarán impactos de incendios forestales sobre bosques de Araucaria araucana en el sur de Chile (published by www.forestal.udec.cl 23 September 2015)
- Malaysia: Malaysia is expected to upgrade its existing haze monitoring system in the next two years. (published by www.aseanpeat.net 23 September 2015)
- USA: Agencies Urge Better Management of Firefighting (published by www.fedweek.com 23 September 2015)
- USA: California’s fire problem: Is it mostly a people problem? (published by www.latimes.com 23 September 2015)
- USA: Walden: Enviros worsen wildfire problem (published by www.wallowa.com 22 September 2015)
- USA: 2015 is the 4th worst fire season and that rank could climb as fires continue across the west (published by www.thedenverchannel.com 22 September 2015)
- USA: Western wildfires hamper staffing of Utah federal offices (published by www.standard.net 22 September 2015)
- Indonesia: Indonesia suspends, revokes business licenses of firms burning forest (published by www.shanghaidaily.com 22 September 2015)
- USA: As Fires Grow, a New Landscape Appears in the West (published by www.nytimes.com 21 September 2015)
- Indonesia: Forest Fires Linked to Regional Elections? (published by www.globalindonesianvoices.com 21 September 2015)
- Malaysia/Indonesia: The heavy price of haze (published by www.nst.com.my 20 September 2015)
- Australia: Hi-tech lifesavers for firies trapped in bushfires (published by www.watoday.com.au 19 September 2015)
- Indonesia: Indonesian haze: Why it’s everyone’s problem (published by http://edition.cnn.com 18 September 2015)
- USA: Blame livestock for fires, sage grouse decline, cheatgrass (published by www.idahopress.com 18 September 2015)
- USA: Pic of the week: Wildfires and city lights from the ISS (published by www.washingtonpost.com 17 September 2015)
- USA: US Forest Service Prevents Its Own Scientists From Talking About Study (published by http://kvpr.org 18 September 2015)
- USA: There’s a better way to tame large forest fires. So why don’t we do it? (published by www.vox.com 17 September 2015)
- Australia: Bushfire season ignites (published by www.northqueenslandregister.com.au 17 September 2015)
- USA: California wildfires: Computer models failing to accurately predict path of flames (published by www.mercurynews.com 16 September 2015)
- USA: National Park Service bans electronic cigarettes from parks (published by www.foxnews.com 16 September 2015)
- USA: USDA, DOI, and OMB Urge Congress to Fix the Fire Budget (published by www.doi.gov 15 September 2015)
- USA: Hows America Tackling Its Epic Fires? With an Epic Scheme (published by www.wired.com 15 September 2015)
- USA: Children’s Book Review: ‘Fire Birds: Valuing Natural Wildfires And Burned Forests’ (published by http://mtpr.org 15 September 2015)
- Ecuador: Ecuador pide ayuda internacional para contener ola de incendios forestales (published by www.eluniversal.com.co 15 September 2015)
- Spain: A study shows that smoke from forest fires aggravates the respiratory health of children (published by http://medicalxpress.com 15 September 2015)
- Peru: Moyobamba: bombero muere al caer de vehículo (published by http://elcomercio.pe 15 September 2015)
- Colombia: Incendio forestal en Cali consumió ocho viviendas (published by www.elespectador.com 15 September 2015)
- Colombia: Murió anciana por incendio forestal en zona rural de Pasto (published by http://hsbnoticias.com 15 September 2015)
- USA: California’s Sierra Nevada snowpack is the lowest in 500 years (published by www.usatoday.com 15 September 2015)
- USA: What Megablazes Tell Us About the Fiery Future of Climate Change (published by www.rollingstone.com 15 September 2015)
- USA: Drone wildfire bill lands on governor’s desk (published by www.pe.com 14 September 2015)
- USA: Raging wildfires in California: destruction through mismanagement (published by www.resilience.org 14 September 2015)
- Colombia: Siete bomberos de Pasto quedaron atrapados en incendio forestal (published by www.eltiempo.com 14 September 2015)
- Indonesia: Haze crisis turns deadly (published by www.thejakartapost.com 14 September 2015)
- ASEAN: ASEAN needs $10 billion to tackle deadly forest fires: scientist (published by www.thejakartapost.com 14 September 2015)
- Indonesia: Indonesia rules out evacuations in forest fire areas (published by www.smh.com.au 14 September 2015)
- Indonesia: Getting the facts right on Indonesias haze problems (published by www.themalaymailonline.com 14 September 2015)
- USA: Its Time to Retire Smokey Bear (published by http://historynewsnetwork.org 13 September 2015)
- USA: Feds: Sage-grouse populations threatened by wildfires (published by www.seattletimes.com 13 September 2015)
- USA: Editorial -Forest fires should be treated as natural disasters (published by http://union-bulletin.com 13 September 2015)
- USA: Building a small city to fight a fire (published by www.uniondemocrat.com 13 September 2015)
- Indonesia: Record fine against plantation company upheld (published by www.thejakartapost.com 13 September 2015)
- USA: At least 1 dead in “unprecedented” California wildfire (published by www.cbsnews.com 13 September 2015)
- Indonesia/Singapore: Indonesia accepts Singapore’s offer to fight forest fires (published by www.channelnewsasia.com 11 September 2015)
- Indonesia: Calls for govt to declare forest fires a national disaster (published by www.thejakartapost.com 10 September 2015)
- Indonesia/Malaysia/Singapore: Indonesia’s Forest Fires Choke Malaysia, Singapore: ‘Burning Land….Just for Fun’ (published by www.forbes.com 10 September 2015)
- Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe: Burning Out Veld Fires (published by http://allafrica.com 10 September 2015)
- USA: After A Bad Fire Season, Northwest Tribes Question Federal Firefighting Priorities (published by http://nwpr.org 10 September 2015)
- Australia: Weather events could extend fire season into next year (published by www.themorningbulletin.com.au 09 September 2015)
- USA: Severe Wildfires Not Increasing in Western Dry Forests, Study Finds (published by http://bniussr.ning.com 09 September 2015)
- USA: How tech could improve wildland firefighting, and protect lives (published by www.geekwire.com 08 September 2015)
- New Zealand/USA: Kiwi DIY helps beat US peat fires (published by www.nzherald.co.nz 08 September 2015)
- Indonesia: Thick haze puts health, air travel at risk (published by www.thejakartapost.com 07 September 2015)
- USA: Social media lit up by firefighters’ pics of the West ablaze (published by www.thenewstribune.com 07 September 2015)
- Peru: Cusco: madre e hija fallecieron calcinadas en incendio forestal (published by www.rpp.com.pe 06 September 2015)
- Indonesia: Haze Collapses Economy: Kadin (published by http://en.tempo.co 06 September 2015)
- Indonesia: BNPB Prepares Rp385bn to Tackle Forest Fires, Haze (published by http://en.tempo.co 06 September 2015)
- USA: Idaho history: The Great Forest Fire of 1910 was Idahos deadliest (published by www.idahostatesman.com 06 September 2015)
- USA: Rise in wildfires pits the environment against economics (published by www.theglobeandmail.com 06 September 2015)
- USA: Snow falls on Canyon Creek fire (published by www.eastoregonian.com 04 September 2015)
- Indonesia: Jokowi calls for intensifying the fight against forest (published by www.thejakartapost.com 04 September 2015)
- World: Earth has lost half its forests since dawn of civilization, study finds (published by www.adn.com 03 September 2015)
- USA: Why Forest Fires Seem Like They Are Getting Out of Control (published by http://historynewsnetwork.org 03 September 2015)
- USA: Perdida a beautiful example of natural, historic wildfire (published by www.taosnews.com 03 September 2015)
- USA: Legislation extends injury benefits to Cal Fire firefighters (published by www.sacbee.com 02 September 2015)
- USA: Police, firefighter survivors wait years for death benefit (published by www.usatoday.com 02 September 2015)
- Australia: Victoria faces an earlier and longer bushfire season with thousands of fires (published by www.theage.com.au 02 September 2015)
- Indonesia: Political economy of fire and haze: Moving to long-term solutions (published by www.eco-business.com 02 September 2015)
- Spain: Enigma of the trees that resist wildfires (published by www.bbc.com 01 September 2015)
- USA: Devastating Fires Show Forest Management Reforms Are Badly Needed (published by http://reason.org 01 September 2015)
- USA: Wildland Case Studies Show Why Trust Matters (published by www.firehouse.com 01 September 2015)
- USA: Farm Workers In Wildfire Areas Aren’t Always Aware Of Evacuation Plans (published by www.npr.org 01 September 2015)