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Indonesian NGO takes aim at government for failure to handle haze
2015-11-09 15:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A human rights watchdog in Indonesia intervened in this years haze crisis on Monday to criticize the government for failing to do enough to protect the human rights of citizens affected by toxic pollution. Kontras does not see any coordination among state institutions or even serious steps to provide protection of the fundamental rights of citizens who live around the [affected] forest area and land, Puri Kencana, a senior official at the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence...
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Jokowi pushes universities innovate to fight haze as respiratory diseases rise
2015-11-06 11:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Indonesias ministry of higher education is attempting to create a research consortium on disaster management. Data from Indonesias disaster management agency showed the number of people diagnosed with acute respiratory infection increased to 556,945 by November 6. After a limited cabinet meeting on Wednesday to discuss peat management, Jokowi said he wanted the research department of Yogyakartas University of Gadjah Mada to play a central role in proposing Indonesias new peat strategy....
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Privatized gain, socialized pain; Singapore foreign minister turns up heat on haze
2015-11-04 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The government of Singapore on Wednesday issued its strongest comments yet over the Southeast Asia haze crisis, as conditions began to worsen in parts of Indonesia following improved air quality over the past week. This is a classic example of privatizing the gain and socializing the pain, Singapore foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan said. Indonesias meteorology agency, the BMKG, forecast rain over large parts of Indonesia on Wednesday but data at 6 a.m. showed a spike in hotspots to 200....
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.
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Greenpeace releases dramatic haze photos as Indo fire emissions surpass 1.6B tons
2015-11-01 12:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Emissions from fires burning across Indonesia's peatlands and forests have now surpassed Japan's annual emissions and could pass Brazil's by the end of the week, But emissions have slowed in recent days with the return of rainfall to parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan which have been most affected by fire. Nonetheless, vast areas of Indonesia are still affected by choking air pollution, which is estimated to have caused more than 500,000 cases of haze-related respiratory illnesses and killed more...
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