Jakarta (VNA) – A state of emergencyover land and forest fires was declared in Central Kalimantanprovince of Indonesia on June 30, following the finding of over 700 hotspotsand wildfires in some local areas.
Governor Sugianto Sabran said people of CentralKalimantan are dealing with many challenges, namely the COVID-19 pandemic,fires, and floods.
Meanwhile, acting head of the Regional DisasterMitigation Agency Darliansyah said the emergency status will last untilSeptember 28 so as to develop synergies in an effort to prevent the disaster.
The World Bank estimated that total damageand economic loss from forest fires in Indonesia from June to October 2019surpassed 5 billion USD, equal to 0.5 percent of the country’s GDP.
Over 900,000 people reported respiratoryillnesses, 12 national airports halted operations, and hundreds of schools inIndonesia and nearby Malaysia and Singapore had to temporarily close due toforest fires in the archipelago nation.
More than 942,000 hectares of forests and landsin the country were burned last year, the biggest since devastating fires in2015 destroyed 2.6 million hectares./.
Governor Sugianto Sabran said people of CentralKalimantan are dealing with many challenges, namely the COVID-19 pandemic,fires, and floods.
Meanwhile, acting head of the Regional DisasterMitigation Agency Darliansyah said the emergency status will last untilSeptember 28 so as to develop synergies in an effort to prevent the disaster.
The World Bank estimated that total damageand economic loss from forest fires in Indonesia from June to October 2019surpassed 5 billion USD, equal to 0.5 percent of the country’s GDP.
Over 900,000 people reported respiratoryillnesses, 12 national airports halted operations, and hundreds of schools inIndonesia and nearby Malaysia and Singapore had to temporarily close due toforest fires in the archipelago nation.
More than 942,000 hectares of forests and landsin the country were burned last year, the biggest since devastating fires in2015 destroyed 2.6 million hectares./.
VNA
