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Forest fire in Kuala Langat Selatan reserve forest ‘mostly contained’
SHAH ALAM: Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) Hafisham Mohd Noor said the remaining 2.8 hectares of forest fire affecting the Kuala Langat Selatan Permanent Forest Reserve is expected to be fully extinguished in three days. He said
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Jokowi orders permanent solution to forest fires
Indonesian President Joko Widodo today ordered government officials to find a permanent solution to prevent devastating annual forest fires that he understood had been almost entirely started by humans but made worse by climate change. Indonesia last year suffered the
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Jokowi: We’re doing our best to stop forest fires
JAKARTA: Indonesian president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said Indonesia is doing everything it can in efforts to tackle forest fires that have led to severe haze in several parts of the republic. “We are doing everything to put out the fire
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Haze: Indonesian activists blast govt for failing to contain forest fires
JAKARTA: Indonesian environmental activists have criticised the government for its apparent lack of seriousness in tackling forest fires, resulting in the bad haze, and affecting public safety. According to press reports, the haze has not only affected locals, but has
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Climate crisis in central Africa is worse than Amazon
While focus has slowly grown on the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, it has emerged an even greater number of fires are currently burning in central Africa. Data from Nasa’s Fire Information for Resource Management System, showed at
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Johor Regent decrees temporary closure of school near forest fire
ISKANDAR PUTERI: Johor Regent, Tunku Mahkota Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim has decreed a temporary closure for SMK Tanjung Adang due to a forest fire near the school. This was after Tunku Ismail visited the burning forest along Jalan Tanjung Kupang
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DOE suggests two schools in Gelang Patah to be closed temporarily
KULAI: The Department of Environment (DOE) has proposed to the Johor state department of education to temporarily close two schools located close to a raging forest fire in Gelang Patah near Iskandar Puteri. Johor Local Government, Urban Well-being and Environment
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Inferno ravage 42,000 hectares of forest, plantations in Indonesia
JAKARTA: More than 6,000 firefighters, assisted by the police and military, are battling fires that have ravaged over 42,000 hectares of forest and plantations in Indonesia since January. The fires are raging currently in the provinces of Riau, Jambi, South
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