je.st
news
Tag: haze
Indonesia: Haze summit proposes sharing concession data, but keeping it hidden from the public
2013-07-18 00:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A high-level meeting to discuss approaches for curbing fires that drive haze over Southeast Asia ended today with a recommendation that governments establish a haze monitoring system that would share detailed land-use and concession maps to help coordinate action against companies that set illegal fires, reports the World Resources Institute (WRI). The meeting, which involved ministers of the environment from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, was called after fires in Sumatra...
Cause of haze? Up to 87% of recent deforestation in fire zone due to palm oil, timber
2013-06-27 01:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: New analysis of land cover in Riau Province reveals the outsized role industrial plantations play in driving deforestation and associated haze. The analysis, conducted by Eyes on the Forest, a coalition of Sumatran environmental groups, finds that up to 56 percent of deforestation in Riau between 2007 and 2012 can be linked to timber plantations for pulp and paper production. The figure for oil palm plantations may be as high as 31 percent. Eyes on the Forest also found widespread overlap between...
Indonesia: Wind, not big increase in forest fires, driving haze in Singapore
2013-06-26 17:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Wind patterns, rather than a sharp increase in fires, is to blame for the record setting air pollution affecting Singapore and Malaysia, finds new analysis by the World Resources Institute (WRI). WRI looked at hotspot data from NASA over the past 12 years and found that while there have been an unusually high number of fire alerts this year and bigger factor in causing the headline haze over Singapore has been wind patterns that push smoke directly over the island city-state. "While historic...
Tags: big
increase
driving
wind
Palm oil companies linked to haze see share prices drop
2013-06-25 01:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Three firms linked to fires in Sumatra saw their share prices decline since the haze crisis worsened a week ago. Golden Agri-Resources Ltd (SGX:E5H) led the pack with an 8 percent decline since June 18. Wilmar International Limited (SGX:F34) dropped 5 percent, while First Resources Ltd (SGX:EB5) lost 4 percent. All three firms are listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange and have been cited in media reports based on hotspot data from NASA. Officials in Singapore and Indonesia say they will pursue...
Tags: share
prices
companies
oil
Greenpeace releases dramatic pictures of haze and fires in Indonesia
2013-06-24 19:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Greenpeace has released a series of photos from the front lines of the peat fires that are casting a pall of haze and triggering health warnings across Singapore and Malaysia. The images were taken by Getty photographer Ulet Infansasti in Sumatra, where the fires are burning. Greenpeace also released photographs taken by Ferina Natasya in Singapore, where the haze is causing record air pollution. Analysis of NASA hotspot data has revealed that the majority of fires are occurring within plantation...
Tags: pictures
releases
indonesia
dramatic
Sites : [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] next »