Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on September 30 that his country needs three years to completely put an end to forest fires which have been occurring more frequently in recent years.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has suggested developing canals to prevent forest fires during a meeting in the village of Sakakajang in Central Kalimantan after his visit to a forest in the area.
Vietnam has fulfilled its set target of national goods reserves to be used only in urgent cases, the General Department of State Reserves (GDSR) revealed.
An offshore earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck the east of Papua region in Indonesia, injuring at least 62 people, but no tsunami warning was issued.
Indonesia is investigating 10 firms over worsening forest fires that have created a blanket of smog over Southeast Asia, according to the country’s authorities.
People in the southern and central provinces of Vietnam are not only
suffering from the scorching weather, they are afraid it could lead to
forest fires and destroy fields of sugar-cane.
Local residents joined relevant forces in an exercise to deal with
fires at the Cu Lao Cham (Cham Island) world biosphere reserve in
central Quang Nam province on May 27.
Fourteen provinces and a city located in the central region, the most
vulnerable area to this year’s El Nino - the warm phase of a seasonal
cycle of fluctuating temperatures and rainfall – have launched intensive
programmes on forest fire prevention.
The Forest Protection Department on May 4 issued high forest fire risk
warnings for 12 localities which have dried out due to lingering heat
waves and drought.
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