May (All News)
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
- USA – Aboriginal traditional burning expert hired for key role in growing bushfire challenge (31 May 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – ‘Destined for failure’ unless Indigenous cultural burns done in collaboration (30 May 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Hearings Begin into Australia Bushfire Disaster (30 May 2020)
- USA – Officials Worry About Wildfires as More People Enjoy Nature After Coronavirus Lockdowns (30 May 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Defence chief says ADF retains warfighting focus while supporting bushfire and pandemic responses (30 May 2020)
- UK – Global environmental changes are leading to shorter, younger trees – new study (29 May 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Victorians most at risk from bushfires believed emergency services could save them, CFA data shows (15 May 2020)
- UKRAINE – Forest Service Research Reduces Fire Danger in Chernobyl Contaminated Zone (28 May 2020)
- GLOBAL (ARCTIC) – The Arctic is getting so hot again— scientists expect zombie fires to return (28 May 2020)
- USA – Siberian Heatwave Points to a Longer Wildfire Season (27 May 2020)
- USA – California fights fires amid COVID-19 and a tight budget (27 May 2020)
- INDONESIA – Indonesia carries out cloud-seeding operations early in the dry season to prevent forest fires (27 May 2020)
- MEXICO – Fires Near Guerrero, Mexico Still Aflame (26 May 2020)
- USA – PG&E’s long-running bankruptcy saga enters pivotal stage this week (26 May 2020)
- RUSSIA – Total Of 58 Forest Fires Extinguished In Russia Over Past Day – Aerial Protection Service (26 May 2020)
- CANADA – Global wildfire forecast predicts ‘Extreme’ danger in Canada’s prairie provinces (25 May 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Fire season extends by almost four months in parts of Australia (25 May 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Bushfire royal commission: ‘Black Summer’ played out exactly as scientists predicted it would (25 May 2020)
- UNITED KINGDOM – Wareham Forest blaze: ‘One of most devastating forest and heath fires in Dorset in living memory’ (25 May 2020)
- INDONESIA – Indonesia wets peat lands to ward off forest fires (22 May 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – ‘Climate change should be added to death certificates’ (22 May 2020)
- GLOBAL – This Year’s Forest Fire Season Could Be Even Deadlier (22 May 2020)
- USA – Will Wildfire Smoke Worsen the Pandemic? We’re About to Find Out (22 May 2020)
- BRAZIL – Amazon under threat: Fires, loggers and now virus (21 May 2020)
- USA – Fire agencies prepare to battle wildfires during a pandemic (18 May 2020)
- BRAZIL – Amazon fires may be worse in 2020 as deforestation and land grabbing spikes (18 May 2020)
- UK – Fire crews tackle more than 500 wildfires in April (17 May 2020)
- CYPRUSS – Cyprus ablaze: Fires across the island, govt sends help to north (Update 2) (17 May 2020)
- USA – Wildfire prep in Central Oregon include COVID-19 readiness (16 May 2020)
- MEXICO – Fires Rage in the State of Guerrero in Mexico (15 May 2020)
- USA – Australia needs ‘fast-attack strategies’ to stop megafires forming, bushfire experts say (14 May 2020)
- CANADA – Driest April since ’43 has PG Fire Centre urging safety over long weekend (14 May 2020)
- USA – COVID-19: With wildfires, California evacuation shelters may look more like a campground (14 May 2020)
- RUSSIA – Wildfires Are Blazing in Siberia and Humans Can Help Stop the Spread (14 May 2020)
- USA – Will the Pandemic Make the West More Vulnerable to Wildfires? (14 May 2020)
- MEXICO – Four forest fires surrounding Cancun out with help of heavy rains (12 May 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Australia needs ‘fast-attack strategies’ to stop megafires forming, bushfire experts say (12 May 2020)
- USA – Coping with social distancing, wildland firefighters Zoom through online training (12 May 2020)
- PERU – No Change in Black Carbon Levels on Peruvian Glaciers, Despite Pandemic Quarantine (12 May 2020)
- USA – Aerial Firefighters Prepare For Elevated Coronavirus Risk During Wildland Fires (06 May 2020)
- USA – Record-breaking temperatures across Southeast Alaska raise fire risk (11 May 2020)
- CANADA – Water loss in northern peatlands threatens to intensify fires, global warming
- BRAZIL – Brazil launches military operations to protect Amazon rainforest (11 May 2020)
- PORTUGAL – Portugal counts on drones to bolster defences against wildfires during pandemic (11 May 2020)
- CHINA – High-level group sent to Sichuan to tackle risk of deadly forest fires (11 May 2020)
- USA – California’s mountain snow cover is vanishing a month early, in a worrying setup for fire season (08 May 2020)
- CANADA – Pandemic forces BC Wildfire Service to adapt as it prepares for burning season (10 May 2020)
- RUSSIA – Fires In Siberia Are At ‘Critical’ Levels, Sparking Fears Of The Next Australian Bushfire Crisis (09 May 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Commonwealth ignores ‘legally binding’ role in bushfire nature protection (09 May 2020)
- INDONESIA – Smoke from Indonesian fires may add to respiratory illness spike (09 May 2020)
- MEXICO – State Fire Management reports over 9,500 hectares burned already this year (08 May 2020)
- USA – Extreme drought conditions, coronavirus have Colorado wildfire managers anxious (08 May 2020)
- BRAZIL – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon surges, Bolsonaro readies troops (08 May 2020)
- UKRAINE – Rescuers continue to fight fire in peatland in Chornobyl zone, Zhytomyr region (07 May 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Nearly 1000 sign up for ACT bushfire recovery supported by Landcare Australia grant (07 May 2020)
- CARIBBEAN – Large Parts of Caribbean Under Severe Drought (07 May 2020)
- USA – Wildland Fire Camps Need Dramatic Change Amid COVID-19 Pandemic (07 May 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Recent Australian wildfires made worse by logging (06 May 2020)
- UK (NORTHERN IRELAND) – Spate of wildfires cause major environmental damage (05 May 2020)
- CANADA – Federal scientists predict high wildfire risk across Western Canada (05 May 2020)
- UKRAINE – Firefighters continue extinguishing smoldering peatland in Chornobyl zone (05 May 2020)
- INDONESIA – Indonesia’s farms, plantations to face ‘drier than usual’ dry season (05 May 2020)
- MEXICO – Forest fires threaten Bacalar archaeological zones (04 May 2020)
- RUSSIA – Wildfires Are Burning 5 Million Acres in Siberia and Eastern Russia (04 May 2020)
- USA – Federal wildfire policy and the responsibilities of community planners and homeowners (03 May 2020)
- CANADA – Pandemic brings relief and concern for firefighting during coming dry season (03 May 2020)
- CANADA – Edmonton fire crews battle more than 200 outside fires since early April (02 May 2020)
- RUSSIA – Wildfires ‘critical’ in Siberia and Russian Far East, up to ten times worse than last year (02 May 2020)
- BELIZE – Forest fire reported again in El Pilar Archaeological Reserve (02 May 2020)
- USA – COVID-19 Considerations for Cleaner Air Shelters and Cleaner Air Spaces to Protect the Public from Wildfire Smoke (01 May 2020)
- USA – Alaskans must prepare now for summer wildfire, COVID-19 battles (01 May 2020)
- UKRAINE – Rescuers continue to extinguish individual fires in Chornobyl zone and Zhytomyr region (01 May 2020)
