je.st

Home › fires

Tag: fires

With fires wreaking havoc across Indo, Malaysian state targets greener palm oil

2015-11-08 17:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: The Malaysian state of Sabah on Wednesday announced it is pressing forward with a plan to certify 100 percent of its palm oil production under criteria set by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) by 2025. The initiative aims to differentiate Sabah's palm oil from other producers, while addressing environmental problems and boosting productivity of existing plantations. Officials say the program will better position Sabah as other states and regions enter the palm oil business. With...

Tags: state oil palm targets

Indonesia fires are the biggest eco-disaster in world right now

2015-11-08 14:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Vox: One of the worst eco-disasters on the planet is currently unfolding in Indonesia. Over the past two months, thousands of forest and peatland fires have been raging out of control, choking the entire region in a thick, toxic haze. The enormous smoke columns can be seen from space. NASA snapped this satellite pic of peat fires in Borneo on October 19: The fires themselves have been a public-health nightmare, forcing multiple evacuations, killing at least 19, and triggering respiratory illnesses...

Tags: now world right indonesia

There have been more than 11,000 fires in just one region of the Brazilian Amazon this year

2015-11-06 00:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: On October 4, 2015, satellite images revealed that there were over 900 fires burning in the Brazilian Amazon. That figure was reported by Brazils Institute for Space Research, known as INPE, which said that the region most affected by the fires was the northern state of Amazonas. Some 11,114 forest fires have already been observed in Amazonas this year, a 47 percent increase over the same period last year, according to INPE. Amazonas is not alone in dealing with increased incidence of forest fires....

Tags: the this year region

Indonesia's forest fires: living under a yellow haze in pictures

2015-11-02 13:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: On Borneo island members of the indigenous community live on the banks of Kapuas river in Sei Ahass village, where the haze was particularly bad. The forest and peat fires fanned by a prolonged dry season and the impact of El Nio have had devastating health impacts for Indonesia and its south-east Asian neighbours as well as the global climate.

Tags: in living pictures yellow