GFMC: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
October 2015
- USA: Firefighting costs top $45 million (published by www.dailyinterlake.com 31 October 2015)
- Indonesia: Over 500,000 Indonesians suffer haze-related acute respiratory infection (published by www.todayonline.com 31 October 2015)
- Brazil: Vast Amazon wildfire destroys forest in Brazil and threatens uncontacted tribe (published by www.theguardian.com 30 October 2015)
- Indonesia: Four killed in East Java forest fire; haze dissipates in Sumatra (published by http://news.asiaone.com 29 October 2015)
- USA: Wildfires are an unexpected threat to California condors (published by www.sciencenews.org 29 October 2015)
- ASEAN: 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (published by www.asean.org 30 October 2015)
- Indonesia: Indonesia’s peat fires make it the 4th-largest carbon emitter in the world (published by http://mashable.com 30 October 2015)
- World: Smoke From Wildfires Is Killing Hundreds of Thousands of People (published by http://news.nationalgeographic.com 29 October 2015)
- Brazil/Amazonia: Amazon – illegal loggers set Indigenous forest ablaze (published by www.theecologist.org 28 October 2015)
- Zimbabwe: Somabhula Farmers Abandon Cattle Ranching To Sell Grass (published by www.radiovop.com 28 October 2015
- Indonesia: Rain in Indonesia Dampens Forest Fires That Spread Toxic Haze (published by www.nytimes.com 28 October 2015)
- Australia: Migrants ‘particular concern’ for bushfire season (published by www.sbs.com.au 27 October 2015)
- USA: When firefighting resources are thin, reservations are left to burn (published by www.seattleglobalist.com 27 October 2015)
- USA: A Look at Life in the Wildland Urban Interface (published by http://blogs.usda.gov 27 October 2015)
- Indonesia: Under-fire Jokowi prepares biggest shift yet in Indonesian haze (published by http://news.mongabay.com 26 October 2015)
- Indonesia: Indonesia’s forest fires threaten a third of world’s wild orangutans (published by www.theguardian.com 26 October 2015)
- Brazil/Amazonia: Reduction in Amazon deforestation avoids 1,700 deaths per year (published by www.eurekalert.org 26 October 2015)
- USA: Sweeney: Keeping the skies safe (published by www.pressdemocrat.com 25 October 2015)
- Indonesia: Indonesia readies warships for haze evacuation (published by http://news.yahoo.com 24 October 2015)
- Ukraine/OSCE: OSCE hands over a software programme for safe fire-fighting in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (published by www.osce.org 22 October 2015)
- Indonesia/Russia: Russian jets joining effort to douse Indonesian forest fires (published by http://qctimes.com 21 October 2015)
- USA/UK: Wildfires occurred significantly later than previously thought as a result of changes in oxygen levels (published by http://phys.org 21 October 2015)
- USA: President signs Wash. state wildfire disaster declaration (published by www.komonews.com 21 October 2015)
- USA: Alaskan boreal forest fires release more carbon than the trees can absorb (published by www.spacedaily.com 20 October 2015)
- Indonesia: Jakarta not ready to name firms responsible for forest fires (published by www.channelnewsasia.com 19 October 2015)
- Indonesia: Wildfire kills 7 Indonesian hikers (published by www.channelnewsasia.com 19 October 2015)
- Indonesia: Carbon emissions from Indonesias peat fires exceed emissions from entire US economy (published by www.eco-business.com 19 October 2015
- USA: Texas wildfire destroys more homes but getting under control (published by http://abc13.com17 October 2015)
- Indonesia: How Indonesias gigantic fires are making global warming worse (published by www.washingtonpost.com 15 October 2015)
- Zimbabwe: Veld fires claim six lives . . . 90t of wheat destroyed at one farm (published by www.manicapost.com 15 October 2015)
- USA: 2 California wildfires cause nearly $2 billion in damage (published by http://news.yahoo.com 15 October 2015)
- Korea: KFS demonstrates fire control system (published by www.koreaherald.com 15 October 2015)
- China: Haze Particles Cause Abrasive Damage to Commonly Used Industrial Alloys (published by www.azom.com 14 October 2015)
- Korea: 80 nations join forces to combat forest fires (published by www.whowired.com 14 October 2015)
- USA: Violent inmates won’t be used to fight wildfires after all (published by www.ocregister.com 13 October 2015)
- World/GFMC: How to Manage Fire to Cut Pollution and Slow Climate Change (published by http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com 13 October 2015)
- Chile: Chile y Japón capacitarán a 2.000 latinoamericanos ante desastres naturales (published by http://noticias.terra.com 13 October 2015)
- Korea: U.N. sends special representative to wildland fire forum (published by www.koreaherald.com 11 October 2015)
- USA: Military tech is helping fight wildfires (published by www.usatoday.com 11 October 2015)
- USA: WILDFIRES: Fiscal firestorm sees costs in the hundreds of millions (published by www.pe.com 11 October 2015)
- Indonesia: Water bombing operations to put out forest fires start in south Sumatra (published by http://www.channelnewsasia.com 11 October 2015)
- Indonesia / Malaysia: Malaysia sends help to Sumatra to fight forest fires (published by http://www.themalaysianinsider.com 09 October 2015)
- Indonesia: Foreign aid for forest fire arrives in Indonesia (published by http://www.shanghaidaily.com 09 October 2015)
- Australia: Greg Hunt orders inquiry into Kakadu bushfire sparked by controlled burn (published by http://www.theguardian.com 09 October 2015)
- Germany: Bavarian firemen called to forest fire started by state’s own forestry minister (published by http://www.telegraph.co.uk 08 October 2015)
- USA: Skyrocketing Firefighting Costs May Increase Risk For Future Fires (published by http://kunr.org 07 October 2015)
- USA: Disaster Plan Created as Fire Burns Near Nuclear Waste (published by www.firefighternation.com 07 October 2015)
- Indonesia: Indonesian forest fires on track to emit more CO2 than UK (published by www.theguardian.com 07 October 2015)
- Australia: Bushfire out-of-control as state swelters in record heat (published by www.theage.com.au 07 October 2015)
- Republic of Korea: Korea to lead forest fire control in Asia (published by www.koreatimes.co.kr 07 October 2015)
- Republic of Korea: Korea to host the sixth International Wildland Fire Conference (IWFC) (published by www.whowired.com 07 October 2015)
- USA: USAA Offers Insurance Discounts for Living in Firewise Communities (published by http://globenewswire.com 06 October 2015)
- USA: Report details ordeal of 4 firefighters trapped by blaze, raises questions about training (published by http://bniussr.ning.com 06 October 2015)
- Malaysia: Haze: Perlis fishermens income affected (published by www.thestar.com.my 05 October 2015)
- Indonesia: OJK to Design Forest Fire Insurance Fund Consortium (published by http://en.tempo.co 05 October 2015)
- Indonesia: Haze Blamed in Deadly Jambi Boat Crash (published by http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com 05 October 2015)
- Malaysia/Indonesia: Haze: Penang MCA wants Indonesia to compensate Malaysia (published by www.channelnewsasia.com 05 October 2015)
- USA: Wildfires more likely in warming world (published by www.france24.com 05 October 2015)
- USA: DRONES: Limits don’t fly with Brown (published by www.pe.com 04 October 2015)
- USA: Spate of intense Alaskan wildfires could melt permafrost and unleash greenhouse gases ‘equivalent to the United States’ output’ (published by www.dailymail.co.uk 04 October 2015)
- USA: From Forest Service to Park Service? (published by https://countieswithnationalforests.wordpress.com 03 October 2015)
- India: Forest fire triggers landmine explosions on Kashmir LoC (published by www.globalpost.com 03 October 2015)
- Russia: Warning to Putin over wildfire ‘catastrophe’ with claim officials undercount forest infernos (published by http://siberiantimes.com 02 October 2015)
- Colombia: El Niño aiding drought, wildfires in Colombia (published by http://latino.foxnews.com 01 October 2015)
- Indonesia: Indonesia begins evacuation of infants from haze-affected regions (published by http://edition.cnn.com 01 October 2015)
- USA: Fire Officials Want Better Collaboration During Wildfires (published by www.ktvn.com 01 October 2015)
- USA: Armed ranchers confront firefighters on Tepee Springs fire (published by www.idahostatesman.com 01 October 2015)