Date
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Title
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Category |
16-Aug-2005 |
Burning Issue
Years of mismanagement have turned large tracts of peatland forests in Indonesia into partial coalmines that light...
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Malaysia |
16-Aug-2005 |
Firefighters to spot fire-hazard areas from Miri watch tower
Potential fire-hazard areas in parts of Sarawak, Malaysia, will be spotted by stationing firefighters at a...
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Malaysia |
16-Aug-2005 |
Indonesia's Yearly Smoke Cloud Reaches Malaysia and Thailand
An article giving an overview of the haze situation appeared in the in the New York Times.
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General |
16-Aug-2005 |
Indonesia's fiery scourge
A descriptive newsarticle on peat fires. Tan Cheng Li and Hilary Chiew investigates.
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Indonesia-Peatland,Haze and Fire |
16-Aug-2005 |
Our firemen to battle peat fires
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Indonesia-Peatland,Haze and Fire |
18-Aug-2005 |
Global Environment Centre (GEC) Helps Asean Draw Framework On Peatland Management Initiative
Global Environment Centre is working closely with ASEAN to provide a framework on peatland management intiatives.
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Peatland Management |
25-Aug-2005 |
Experts dismiss water bombing for Sumatra fires
Aerial water bombing has been ruled out as a method to extinguish the major fires in Sumatra as the fires occur...
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Peatland Management |
26-Aug-2005 |
Thick pungent smoke from peat bog fires covers suburban Khabarovsk district
Some peat bogs in the Khabarovsk district in Russia has caught on fire.
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General |
26-Aug-2005 |
Seminar
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Indonesia-Workshop & Seminar |
30-Aug-2005 |
Forest fires for commercial land clearing should stop
According to FAO, the large forest fires in South-East Asia are causing serious health and environmental...
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General |
30-Aug-2005 |
With forest fires choking South-East Asia, UN calls for strict enforcement of ban
After the August fires and their resultant haze, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has called...
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Peatland Management |
01-Sep-2005 |
Indonesian fires deliberately lit, causing serious harm: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
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Indonesia-Peatland,Haze and Fire |
02-Sep-2005 |
Indonesia: Official says local people crucial to forest conservation
Government officials of Indonesia says local communities need to be empowered to improve their well-being and at...
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Indonesia |
03-Sep-2005 |
Walhi to Sue 10 Companies for Starting Forest Fires
10 companies are to be sued for the starting of fires in August in Indonesia (including fires on peat swamp forests)
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Indonesia-Peatland,Haze and Fire |
03-Sep-2005 |
Asian peat fires add to warming
According to a study, the destruction of tropical peatlands is contributing significantly to global warming
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General |
03-Sep-2005 |
Peat bog burning blamed for much of global warming
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General |
03-Sep-2005 |
Global warming is dictator's legacy
Ex-Mega Rice Project in Central Kalimantan was converted from peat swamps. Currently, they catch on fire...
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General |
04-Sep-2005 |
Indonesia’s peat fires add to global warming
Another article illustrating that fires from peatlands release vast amounts of carbon dioxide.
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Indonesia-Peatland,Haze and Fire |
06-Sep-2005 |
Fires in peat lands cost climate dearly
This article gives a general overview on the situation of peatlands in Kalimantan, Indonesia, and the implication...
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Indonesia-Peatland,Haze and Fire |
09-Sep-2005 |
Seeds of renewal sown on blaze-hit moorland
A burnt moorland in UK is undergoing a two-phase programme in which grass seeds have been sown to flourish the area.
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Peatland Management |