Forest Fire
- Indonesia
Precautions against forest fires
News General News Indonesia Water Portal Monday, 15 June 2020 Indonesian authorities are deploying thousands of extra personnel to prevent a repeat of the 2015 fires, which were the worst for two decades and choked the region in haze for weeks. (AFP/Abdul Qodir) Source: The Jakarta PostDate: 15 June 2020…
- General News
The Covid-19 pandemic is threatening vital rainforests
Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil, on August 17. (Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/ Reuters) Source: VoxDate: 23 June 2020 The coronavirus is undermining efforts to control rainforest fires in Indonesia and Brazil. And those fires could worsen the pandemic.…
- General News
Indonesia province declares state of emergency over forest fire risk
An Indonesian province declared a state of emergency Wednesday as officials said they had pinpointed hundreds of spots at risk of erupting into smog-belching forest fires that plague the region every year. (Photo: REUTERS) Source: The Business Times Date: 1 July 2020 An Indonesian province declared a state of emergency Wednesday…
