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Indonesia comes under fire for fires
2013-07-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IPS: With a propensity to devour everything in their path and spiral quickly out of control, leaving behind swathes of scorched earth, forest fires are considered a hazard in most parts of the world. In Indonesia, however, fires are the preferred method for clearing large areas of land for massive plantations of commercial crops. In the first half of 2013, research studies have already recorded 8,343 forest fires, a higher number than has been recorded in preceding years. While some blazes occurred...
Singapore Complains to Indonesia Over Hotspots
2013-07-23 02:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: Singapore has registered a complaint with Indonesia over a spike in hotspots, or areas of intense heat that are indicative of fires, barely a month after air quality in the island-nation returned to safe levels. Last month, haze from forest fires on Indonesia's Sumatra Island sent air-pollution indexes in Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia to hazardous levels. Although Singapore has had blue skies in the past few weeks, Singapore's National Environment Agency said Sunday the haze could return should...
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Fire Alerts Spike in Indonesia as Risk of Haze Crisis Returns
2013-07-23 00:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: Fires are flaring up once more on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Media reports in the region indicate that the resulting smog has already reached unhealthy levels over parts of Indonesia and Malaysia. New fire alert data from NASA, which builds on WRIs previous analysis, show a total of 198 high-confidence fire alerts during the period of July 20-22, almost half of which were inside of logging, palm oil, and pulpwood concessions. The number of fire alerts shows a dramatic upward spike from...
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BAM Completes Upgrade Of Live Petrochemical Jetty In Indonesia
2013-07-22 09:37:25| chemicalonline News Articles
BAM International - the operating construction company of Royal BAM Group that is active outside Europe - has completed the upgrade of a live petrochemical jetty in Cilegon, West Java. Without affecting the chemical plant production for client Chandra Asri and despite rough weather conditions during the construction period, BAM's Indonesian subsidiary completed the work within the expected time frame
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Cocoa Processing Rises in Indonesia as Cargill, Callebaut Expand
2013-07-22 03:32:39| Food - Topix.net
Cocoa processors in Indonesia will probably boost output by 25 percent to a record next year to meet Asia's growing demand for confectionery and chocolate drinks, spurring higher imports by the third-largest grower.
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