GFMC: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics

Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics

October 2016

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• Indonesia: APP Sinar Mas new smart map to fight forest fire risk (published by http://www.eco-business.com 31 October 2016)

• Tanzaina: Mayor arrested over forest fire (published by http://dailynews.co.tz 29 October 2016)

• USA: Why have fires gotten larger in recent decades? (published by http://wildfiretoday.com 29 October 2016)

• Canada: Science fails firefighters (28 October 2016 published by http://www.castanet.net)

• India: Fire in Sindh forest range causes huge damage (published by http://www.greaterkashmir.com/ 28 October 2016)

• USA: Using soil moisture in grassland fire danger rating systems (published by http://wildfiretoday.com 28 October 2016)

• USA: Central Alabama fire departments stretched thin as wildfires continue amid severe drought (published by http://abc3340.com 28 October 2016)

• Gambia: Farmers urged to desist from bushfires after harvesting (published by http://thepoint.gm 27 October 2016)

• Australia: Australia hotter, drier and more prone to bushfires: report (published by http://thenewdaily.com.au 27 October 2016)

• USA: When it comes to wildfire murder, is capital punishment a deterrent? (published by www.pe.com 27 October 2016)

• USA: Colorado Springs ranks high in wildfire risk report (published by www.krdo.com 26 October 2016)

• USA: Study: Protected Forests on Public Land Burn Less Severely Than Logged Areas (published by www.biologicaldiversity.org 26 October 2016)

• USA: 1.8 million western u.s. homes at extreme or high wildfire risk, report shows (published by http://www.insurancejournal.com 26 October 2016)

• Indonesia: House to crosscheck testimonies on halted forest fire investigations (published by http://www.thejakartapost.com 26 October 2016)

• Canada: Wildfire conference brings fire management agencies from across the country together (published by http://www.iheartradio.ca 26 October 2016)

• Canada: All eyes on Fort Mac (published by www.castanet.net 26 October 2016)

• Australia: Students at scaddan’s lucky primary school well drilled ahead of tough wa bushfire season (published by http://www.abc.net.au 25 October 2016)

• Indonesia: Fires destroy land, conservation areas as people pray for rain (published by http://www.thejakartapost.com 24 October 2016)

• USA: Wildfire management vs. fire suppression benefits forest and watershed (published by http://news.berkeley.edu 24 October 2016)

• Australia: $1m reward to weed out fatal vic firebug (published by https://au.news.yahoo.com 24 October 2016)

• USA: Wildfire discovered burning in golden trout wilderness (published by http://www.turnto23.com 23 October 2016)

• USA: How firefighting tatics have changed since deadly esperanza fire (published by http://www.sbsun.com 23 October 2016)

• Australia: Farmers angry that scrapping yarra river grazing licences will increase bush fire risk (published by http://www.heraldsun.com.au 23 October 2016)

• Canada: 6 months after wildfire, fort mcmurray faces long road to recovery (published by http://www.cbc.ca 23 October 2016)

• Indonesia: Indonesian villages rewarded for not burning to tackle annual haze crisis (published by www.smh.com.au 23 October 2016)

• USA: New app helps Los Angeles firefighters predict fires’ spread (published by www.scpr.org 22 October 2016

• Australia: Red dawn: smog blanket turns Sydney into Beijing (published by www.9news.com.au 21 October 2016)

• India: Delhi’s pollution level increases as winter approaches (published by www.skymetweather.com 21 October 2016)

• Greece: WWF Greece Calls on Citizens to Help Spread Forest Fire Awareness and Prevention (published by http://greece.greekreporter.com 21 October 2016)

• USA: Assistant U.S. Attorney Recognized for Work on Carson Helicopters Crash Investigation (published by http://www.kdrv.com 20 October 2016)

• India: Forest Fire Raging Near Kupwara In Kashmir For Three Days, No Relief In Sight Yet (published by http://www.indiatimes.com 20 October 2016)

• USA: Former Black Forest fire investigator’s interview stirs emotions amid unresolved probe (published by http://gazette.com 19 October 2016)

• USA: Lessons learned — and ignored — from a fire that destroyed 3,450 homes (published by http://www.marketwatch.com 19 October 2016)

• South Africa: Geologists find cause of Limpopo mystery ‘volcano’ (published by http://www.timeslive.co.za 19 October 2016)

• Singapore: Eco-friendly cooking oil now available at FairPrice (published by http://www.straitstimes.com 19 October 2016)

• Singapore: 55 years of haze: How plane bound for KL overflew to Singapore when it was all hazy on Oct 19, 1961 (published by http://www.straitstimes.com 19 October 2016)

• Australia: Rebuild: Yarloop locals unhappy with $45m bushfire clean-up (published by http://www.perthnow.com.au 19 October 2016)

• USA: Humans are heavily influencing fire in North America (published by http://environmentalresearchweb.org 18 October 2016)

• Canada: Anger flares as wildfire-hit canadian city struggles to rebuild (published by http://www.reuters.com 18 October 2016)

• USA: FEMA: $866 million in california earthquake, fire risk-reduction grants awarded since loma prieta, oakland-berkeley hills fire (published by https://www.fema.gov 17 October 2016)

• Australia: Immense bushfire burning through kimberley wildlife sanctuary (published by http://info-europa.com 15 October 2016)

• USA: The biggest missouri natural disaster you’ve never heard of (published by http://www.news-leader.com 15 October 2016)

• Indonesia / ASEAN: A haze-free asean region by 2020 (published by http://www.nst.com.my 15 October 2016)

• Ghana: Focus on preventive measures to reduce bushfires – prosper bani (published by http://www.ghanaweb.com 15 October 2016)

• USA: Wildfire erupts at buck’s pocket state park (published by http://www.wsfa.com 14 October 2016)

• USA: US forest service helps educate students at world’s largest conservation event (published by http://blogs.usda.gov 13 October 2016)

• USA: Spokane Fire Department has hired one woman in the past 18 years, prompting calls for better recruitment (published by http://www.spokesman.com 13 October 2016)

• USA: Cutting trees won’t help us live with fire (published by http://www.sfchronicle.com 13 October 2016)

• Australia: Mathematics the new weapon against extreme bushfires (published by http://www.abc.net.au 13 October 2016)

• Singapore: Filtration maker opens global Iot lab in s’pore (published by http://www.straitstimes.com 12 October 2016)

• Singapore / Australia: ‘I’m suffering asthma attacks i haven’t had since childhood’: malcolm turnbull’s son in scathing facebook attack on singapore’s pollution – as the country’s pm visits australia (published by http://www.dailymail.co.uk 12 October 2016)

• Australia: A million hectares destroyed as kimberley bushfire continues to spread (published by http://www.abc.net.au 12 October 2016)

• Australia: WA’s volunteer firefighters face civil war on eve of the bushfire season (published by https://au.news.yahoo.com 12 October 2016)

• USA: Morel mushrooms pop up, cluster together after wildfires (published by http://www.washington.edu 11 October 2016)

• Indonesia: Riau police accused of unprofessional conduct over forest fire probe (published by http://www.straitstimes.com 11 October 2016)

• USA: Brunell: call it the u.s. fire service (published by http://www.columbian.com 11 October 2016)

• Russia: Taiga wildfires release heat energy on par with thermal power plants (published by https://rbth.com 11 October 2016)

• USA: Climate change has doubled western us forest fires (published by http://phys.org 10 October 2016)

• USA: Wildfires never go away … but what about wildland commission? (published by http://www.dcourier.com 08 October 2016)

• USA: When spark meets sprawl: building in wildlands increases fire risk (published by https://www.revealnews.org 08 October 2016)

• USA: Smokey the bear says: let the u.s. air force bomb forest fires (published by http://nationalinterest.org 08 October 2016)

• Indonesia: Fires burn down protected forest in west sumatra (published by http://www.thejakartapost.com 07 October 2016)

• SEA: Air pollution blown out of proportion (published by http://canadafreepress.com 07 October 2016)

• Indonesia: Pollution controls as infrastructure investment (published by http://yaleglobal.yale.edu 06 October 2016)

• USA: Fire suppression is bad for wildlife, and so is post-fire logging (published by https://www.kcet.org 06 October 2016)

• USA: Fighting wildfires “smarter”; data driven technologies help wildland firefighters (published by https://community.nfpa.org 06 October 2016)

• Australia: Barnett takes heat out of fires (published by https://au.news.yahoo.com 06 October 2016)

• Indonesia: Fire prevention: cultivating land without burning (published by http://www.thejakartapost.com 06 October 2016)

• USA: Billion-dollar fire season (published by http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com 06 October 2016)

• USA: Growing risk of wildfire triggers new wildland-urban interface guide (published by http://www.boiseweekly.com 05 October 2016)

• India: Delhi haze: when farm fires poison the capital’s air (published by http://www.hindustantimes.com 05 October 2016)

• Sri Lanka: Welimada forest fires destroy over 100 acres (published by http://newsfirst.lk 05 October 2016)

• Indonesia / World: Indonesia’s peat fires add to global warming (published by http://www.straitstimes.com 05 October 2016)

• USA: Senators push wildfire legislation in energy bill negotiations (published by http://www.washingtonexaminer.com 04 October 2016)

• Australia: Fire brigades divided over government announcement of rural fire service (published by http://www.bunburymail.com.au 04 October 2016)

• SEA: 139 scientists shoot down ‘misleading’ reports from malaysia peat congress (published by https://news.mongabay.com 04 October 2016)

• Singapore: Revamped haze tracker website launched (published by http://www.straitstimes.com 04 October 2016)

• Australia: Bushfire update: camping grounds remain closed (published by http://www.dailyexaminer.com.au 03 October 2016)

• World: Did primates emerge in a baptism of fire? meteorite impact and forest blazes 56 million years ago may have triggered our evolution (published by http://www.dailymail.co.uk 03 October 2016)

• Tanzania: Sumbawanga forest fire damage reaches 226 million (published by http://allafrica.com 03 October 2016)

• New Zealand: Unsustainable pke should not be imported into nz (published by http://www.scoop.co.nz 03 October 2016)

• USA: Los padres national forest looks to better defend mountain communities from wildfire threats (published by https://www.noozhawk.com 02 October 2016)

• USA: Yellowstone wildfires burn 62,000 acres (published by http://www.explorebigsky.com 02 October 2016)

• India: 426 people killed by elephants in 6 years (published by http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com 02 October 2016)

• India: Forest fire a threat to wildlife (published by http://www.newindianexpress.com 02 October 2016)

• Portugal: Forest fire season ends with tally of 160,000 hectares destroyed (published by http://www.theportugalnews.com 02 October 2016)

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