GFMC: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
November 2016
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USA: What It’s Like to Be a Female Firefighter in California Prison (published by www.vice.com 30 November 2015)
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Indonesia: World’s Worst Emitter Seeks Funds in Paris to Tackle Peat Fires (published by www.bloomberg.com 30 November 2015)
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Israel: Ancient farming terraces discovered after tragic Carmel fire (published by www.israelnationalnews.com 29 November 2015)
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USA: Widespread cheating by instructors, cadets alleged at Californias fire training academy (published by www.unitedstatesfireaviation.com 28 November 2015)
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Australia: Federal Government announces Pinery bushfire relief after lives, homes, farms and animals are lost (published by www.abc.net.au 29 November 2015)
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United Nations: Secretary-General appoints Robert Glasser of Australia as Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction – UNISDR (published by www.preventionweb.net 27 November 2015)
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Australia: ‘A terrible tragedy’: NSW volunteer firefighter dies while battling a blaze (published by https://au.news.yahoo.com 27 November 2015)
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Australia: SA bushfire: 35 homes destroyed, 42 ‘impacted’ in deadly blaze as roads reopen (published by www.abc.net.au 27 November 2015)
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Australia: Australia fire death toll at 3 as damage tops US$44m (published by www.channelnewsasia.com 27 November 2015)
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Australia: Two dead, 13 hospitalised, 16 homes destroyed in Adelaide bushfire (published by www.businessinsider.com.au 26 November 2015)
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Asia Pacific: UN Warns Air Pollution in Asia Pacific Has Rising Cost (published by www.voanews.com 25 November 2015)
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Indonesia: Jokowi to sign peat land decree before COP21 (published by www.thejakartapost.com 25 November 2015)
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Indonesia: Forest fires and smoke, a test of palm oil dominance Adisti Sukma Sawitri (published by www.themalaysianinsider.com 25 November 2015)
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USA: UCSF’s Mt. Sutro Fire Safety Plan: More Goats, Fewer Eucalyptus Trees (published by http://hoodline.com 25 November 2015)
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USA: Fire season sets records in northeast Oregon (published by www.eastoregonian.com 25 November 2015)
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USA: Air quality cops tackle wildfires (published by www.recordnet.com 25 November 2015)
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USA: Purposes of the Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2015 (published by www.ironcountytoday.com 25 November 2015)
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USA: NFPA Study Looks at Wildfire Preparedness (published by www.firehouse.com 24 November 2015)
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Indonesia: Govt set to form peat ecosystem restoration body (published by www.antaranews.com 24 November 2015)
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Australia: World-first technology to stop power lines igniting bushfires (published by www.theage.com.au 23 November 2015)
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USA: Countrys first all-female inmate county fire hand crew graduates training (published by www.sbsun.com 23 November 2015)
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USA: Nasa wants a global wildfire early warning network of 200 sensors on satellites (published by www.ibtimes.co.uk 23 November 2015)
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Chile: Conaf compra dos aviones y crea centro de monitoreo para combatir incendios (published by www.latercera.com 23 November 2015)
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Spain: Chequean las pinturas rupestres a la búsqueda de daños por el incendio de Cieza (published by www.laverdad.es 23 November 2015)
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USA: How Fire, Once a Friend of Forests, Became a Destroyer (published by http://news.nationalgeographic.com 22 November 2015)
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Australia: More people are dying in Western Australian bushfires but flames are still not the biggest killers (published by http://theconversation.com 22 November 2015)
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World: Women more likely to die in natural disasters (published by www.smh.com.au 22 November 2015)
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ASEAN: Asean, US elevate ties to strategic partnership (published by www.straitstimes.com 22 November 2015)
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USA: ODF: Coordination was key in battling 2015 wildfires (published by www.ktvz.com 21 November 2015)
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ASEAN: ASEAN needs to deepen cooperation on terrorism, haze: PM Lee (published by www.channelnewsasia.com 21 November 2015)
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Bhutan: How prepared are we to address forest fires? (published by www.kuenselonline.com 21 November 2015)
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USA: NASA’s FireSat system will be able to detect wildfires from space (published by www.engadget.com 20 November 2015)
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ASEAN: Why ASEAN (and Indonesia) Can’t Solve the Haze (published by http://thediplomat.com) 20 November 2015
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Indonesia: Haze raises demand for green label (published by www.straitstimes.com 20 November 2015)
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Indonesia: To stop the haze, take aim at land policies (published by www.todayonline.com 20 November 2015)
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Australia: Fire season 69 days longer as Climate Council warns fire fighting resources need to double by 2030 (published by www.abc.net.au 20 November 2015)
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Australia: Properties under fire: why so many Australians are inadequately insured against disaster (published by www.preventionweb.net 20 November 2015)
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World: Scientists May Have Just Found a Really Surprising Way to See Religion from Space (published by www.ndtv.com 19 November 2015)
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USA: Bill offers hope for forest fuel reduction (published by www.capitalpress.com19 November 2015)
- USA: Non-native invasive species increase liabilities of fires and flooding. Properties at risk of fire or flood experience reduced property value (published by http://msue.anr.msu.edu 19 November 2015)
- Indonesia: Regional business loss estimated at $14 billion as palm oil, tourism suffers (published by http://asia.nikkei.com 18 November 2015)
- Indonesia: Indonesian VP on haze problem: We cant control the wind (published by http://newsinfo.inquirer.net 18 November 2015)
- Australia: Overseas workers died trying to save horse from Esperance fires (published by https://au.news.yahoo.com 18 November 2015)
- Australia: Four killed by wildfires in Western Australia (published by http://planetark.org 18 November 2015)
- Singapore: Did the haze kill an 86-year-old woman? (published by http://themiddleground.sg 17 November 2015)
- Indonesia: Government Draws Up Blueprint for Restoration of Peat Forest (published by http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com 17 November 2015)
- Indonesia: Palm Oil Giant Commits to Help Indonesia Through Peatland Rehabilitation, Traceability (published by www.sustainablebrands.com17 November 2015)
- USA: Senators burning for big fixes to wildfire problems (published by www.washingtonexaminer.com 17 November 2015)
- USA: Congress should support fire prevention on family forests (OPINION) (published by www.oregonlive.com 17 November 2015)
- Singapore: Hospital rules out haze link in elderly womans death (published by www.channelnewsasia.com 16 November 2015)
- Indonesia: Vast forest fires in Indonesia spawn ecological disaster (published by www.mysanantonio.com 16 November 2015)
- Indonesia: VP Kalla: Restore Indonesia’s Peatlands in 5 Years (published by http://en.tempo.co 13 November 2015)
- Indonesia: Fighting to inhale (published by http://blogs.afp.com 13 November 2015)
- Indonesia: How to Stop Indonesia’s Massive Underground Fires (published by www.inverse.com 13 November 2015)
- Indonesia: Work to avoid further fires starts now (published by http://blog.cifor.org 13 November 2015)
- Indonesia/Australia: Indonesia Thanks Australia for Assistance in Handling Forest Fires (published by http://en.acnnewswire.com 13 November 2015)
- Indonesia: Indonesia’s action on haze won’t stop burning: palm farmers group (published by http://planetark.org 13 November 2015)
- USA: World On Fire: Wildfires ignite political firestorm centered on faster forest thinning, budget reforms (published by www.paysonroundup.com 13 November 2015)
- Indonesia: Forest Fires & Haze: Link between Indonesia’s Local Elections and Fires (published by www.indonesia-investments.com 12 November 2015)
- Spain: Proponen un mapa del riesgo del fuego y una nueva ley estatal contra incendios forestales (published by www.efeverde.com12 November 2015)
- Chile: Brigadistas de Conaf presentan recurso de protección contra la corporación (published by www.biobiochile.cl 12 November 2015)
- Ghana: Cocoa farmers trained to fight bushfires (published by www.ghanaweb.com 11 November 2015)
- Indonesia: Indonesia uses trained elephants to control forest fires (published by www.seattlepi.com 11 November 2015)
- Indonesia: Scientists warn of health damage from haze fires (published by www.freemalaysiatoday.com10 November 2015)
- USA: Shelter Packaging Failure Eyed in Calif. Firefighters’ Injuries (published by www.firehouse.com 08 November 2015)
- USA: Thinning won’t protect forests from wildfire (published by http://helenair.com 05 November 2015)
- World: Scientists Just Analyzed Dozens of Natural Disasters. Can You Guess Which Ones We Made Worse? (published by www.motherjones.com 05 November 2015)
- Indonesia: Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) deploys international specialists Working on Fire (WoF) to strengthen firefighting response and prepare for 2016 (published by www.asiapulppaper.com 05 November 2015)
- India: Toxic Air in India Worse Than Singapore Haze a Test for Modi (published by www.bloomberg.com 04 November 2015)
- Indonesia/Germany: German System Detect More Fire Under Haze Blanket (published by http://en.tempo.co 04 November 2015)
- USA: Chasing Fire: Protecting Refuges and Beyond (published by www.fws.gov 03 November 2015)
- Indonesia: Fires in Indonesia Send Orangutans Fleeing for Safety (published by www.livescience.com 03 November 2015)
- Indonesia: Using tube wells to prevent and control peat fires (published by www.theborneopost.com 03 November 2015)
- Brazil: Amazon Forest Fire Displaces 12,000 Indigenous People (published by http://newsonnews.com 01 November 2015)