June (All News)
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
- USA – Wildfire evacuations in the West, heat wave developing in the East (30 June 2020)
- USA – As fire season heats up, House members call on Coronavirus Task Force to support firefighters (30 June 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Satellite Images Show Parts Of Australia Recovering From Drought And Bushfires (29 June 2020)
- CHINA – China’s revised forest law to take effect in July (29 July 2020)
- SPAIN – Only eight Alicante Province municipalities have it all planned out if forest fire breaks out (29 June 2020)
- VIETNAM – Nghe An battles massive forest fire with firebreaks (28 June 2020)
- USA – The perfect recipe for Arizona’s extreme wildfires: Heat, dryness, thunderstorms and more (25 June 2020)
- SINGAPORE – Coronavirus cuts force Indonesia to scale back forest protection (25 June 2020)
- PORTUGAL – Families lose everything as Algarve suffers first major fire of 2020 (25 June 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – ‘A wake-up call’: 90 per cent loss of wildlife on the ground from bushfires (20 June 2020)
- INDONESIA – More Than 200 Hectares of Forest and Wildland Destroyed by Fire Since January: Police (24 June 2020)
- CANADA – Wildfire smoke has immediate harmful health effects: UBC study (24 June 2020)
- ARIZONA – Arizona firefighters forced to handle multiple historic wildfires at once (24 June 2020)
- CANADA – Federal government investing $5-million in national wildfire research (24 June 2020)
- INDONESIA – Jokowi calls for better forest fire mitigation as peak of dry season looms (23 June 2020)
- ARIZONA – Arizona wildfires: Aquila Fire erupts in northeast Valley, forcing evacuations and burning 1,000 acres (23 June 2020)
- USA – Rising Wildfire Risk for the 12th District Economy (13 July 2020)
- RUSSIA – Photos show scale of massive fires tearing through Siberian forests (23 July 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Bushfires royal commission gets more time (23 July 2020)
- INDONESIA – Head of Indonesian peatland agency says he is ‘very optimistic’ there will be no forest fires this year (21 July 2020)
- GHANA – Commit part of Assemblies Common Fund to fight bushfire – CFO urges (21 July 2020)
- USA – Patterns of population displacement during mega-fires in California detected using Facebook Disaster Maps (22 July 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – New holistic approach to monitoring climate will help fight bushfires (22 July 2020)
- RUSSIA – Controlled explosions used to tackle Russian forest fires (22 July 2020)
- USA – Climate scientists increasingly ignore ecological role of Indigenous people (21 July 2020)
- INDIA – Summer forest fires in Karnataka reduced due to virus lockdown: Environmentalists (23 INDIA 2020)
- UKRAINE – Another fire breaks out in Chornobyl zone (22 June 2020)
- ARCTIC – The other new normal: A record 38C and forest fires in the Arctic (22 June 2020)
- INDONESIA – Smoke risk: Scientists warn forest fires could worsen coronavirus harm (18 June 2020)
- MONGOLIA – Wildfires destroy over 200,000 hectares in Mongolia so far this year (18 June 2020)
- GUATEMALA – Parks vs. People: In Guatemala, Communities Take Best Care of the Forest (18 June 2020)
- USA – Cal Fire says it will rely on air attacks as firefighters try to maintain social distancing (18 June 2020)
- BOTSWANA/AUSTRALIA – Fighting fire with fire: Botswana adopts Indigenous Australians’ ancient burning tradition (17 June 2020)
- PORTUGAL – How climate change is causing ‘mega-fires’ and forcing people to migrate in Portugal (17 June 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Australia had more supersized bushfires creating their own storms last summer than in previous 30 years (16 June 2020)
- USA – PG&E Confesses to Killing 84 People in 2018 California Fire (16 June 2020)
- INDONESIA – Restoring Indonesian peatlands, protecting our planet (15 June 2020)
- GREECE – Greek Fire Department Better Equipped with Key Progress in €25M SNF Grant (15 June 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Who decides where to conduct fuel reduction burns and what goes into their planning? (13 June 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – In Australia, the Ecological Crises Are Escalating (13 June 2020)
- UKRAINE/US – Chernobyl: US Forest Service helps reduce wildfire risk in contaminated zone (12 June 2020)
- USA – Trump Administration Plan to Graze 24 Million Acres in Nevada Could Worsen Wildfire Risk (11 June 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Summer bushfire smoke caused health problems in two-thirds of people living in parts of NSW (11 June 2020)
- USA – Fire crews from Lower 48 take precautions as they help out with Alaska fires (11 June 2020)
- USA – California crews ready to help as wildfires rage across Tijuana (11 June 2020)
- GUATEMALA – Guatemala Officials Say Organized Crime Largely Responsible for Forest Fires (11 June 2020)
- BELIZE – “Over 22,000 acres in Chiquibul damaged by forest fires,” says Friends of Conservation and Development (11 June 2020)
- USA – Trump Administration Plan to Graze 24 Million Acres in Nevada Could Worsen Wildfire Risk (11 June 2020)
- BRAZIL – Bolsonaro extends deployment of troops to curb Amazon deforestation (11 June 2020)
- USA – Sens. Machin, Udall introduce firefighter protections bill during COVID-19 pandemic (11 June 2020)
- INDONESIA – Study finds widespread damage to Southeast Asia’s peatlands—and palm oil plantations are not the only ones to blame (10 June 2020)
- ARCTIC – Arctic temperatures hit 30C, raising risk of wildfires (10 June 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – National summit on bushfire and climate change begins today (09 June 2020)
- RUSSIA – Total Of 37 Forest Fires Extinguished In Russia Over Past Day – Aerial Protection Service (09 June 2020)
- BRAZIL – Brush fire breaks out near Hollywood Bowl as heat wave continues (09 June 2020)
- USA – In California, a push grows to turn dead trees into biomass energy (09 June 2020)
- USA – In California, a push grows to turn dead trees into biomass energy (09 June 2020)
- BRAZIL – Amazon Rainforest Fire Season Starts With Outlook for Record Burn (08 June 2020)
- BELARUS/TURKEY – Belarusian Emergencies Ministry helicopters help fight forest fires in Turkey (08 June 2020)
- GREECE – Greece Prepares for Wildfire Season (08 June 2020)
- INDIA – Nagarahole sees zero fire incidents in 2019-20 (08 June 2020)
- RUSSIA – It’s Official: Siberia’s 10°C Hotter Than Average, We Just Had Warmest May on Record (07 June 2020)
- CANADA – Forest fire suppression measures can actually increase risks around communities, scientist says (06 June 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Researchers say death by climate change “substantially underreported” (06 June 2020)
- INDONESIA – Indonesia’s new rice cultivation plan will undermine peatland restoration efforts (05 June 2020)
- CANADA – 2020 could be above-normal year for wildfires in Northeast (05 June 2020)
- USA – Fueling an emerging industry: An alliance between public lands and timber products (04 June 2020)
- BRAZIL – Brazil led globe in 2019 forest loss (04 June 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Aus oppn leader slams ”failed” bushfire recovery fund (04 June 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Forest fire fighters in northeastern Ontario taking precautions against COVID-19 (04 June 2020)
- SWEDEN – Wildfires and over-crowding: People in Sweden warned to take care in nature this summer (04 June 2020)
- USA – Congress to hold hearing on “Wildfire Management in the Midst of COVID-19” – Wildfire Today (03 June 2020)
- MEXICO – Conafor reports 22 forest fires currently burning across Mexico – Riviera Maya (03 June 2020)
- RUSSIA – Russia’s 2020 Wildfires Cover Greece-Sized Area – Greenpeace (02 June 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Australian bushfires: how the Morrison government failed to heed warnings of catastrophe (02 June 2020)
- USA – Wildfire in Alaska spawns impressive ‘smokenado’ as lightning blamed for 15 blazes in state (02 June 2020)
- USA – Prevention and Management of COVID-19 During Wildland Fire Operations (02 June 2020)
- UK (SCOTLAND) – Wildfire risks still ‘exceptionally high’ (02 June 2020)
- AUSTRALIA – Bushfires allegedly ‘mishandled’ but ACT leader backs ESA boss (02 June 2020)
- USA – Tuolumne has $17 million loan fund to turn wildfire fuel into products and jobs (01 June 2020)
- USA – Snow rapidly disappearing in Colorado, sparking concerns about wildfire season (01 June 2020)
