Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The Applicant Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee has filed the application alleging illegal felling of trees over an area of around 5 acres within the …
Singapore’s air quality reached “very unhealthy” levels on Thursday as thick smog from forest fires in Indonesia’s neighbouring island of Sumatra choked the city-state. Thick grey smoke blown in by southerly winds smothered the island, shrouding the skyline and creeping into homes, with many residents avoiding going outdoors. Thursday is …
The government has announced the revocation of permits for four firms whose concessions in Sumatra and Kalimantan have burned up recently, adding to the haze fire disaster that has engulfed the nation. One of the firms, PT Hutani Sola Lestari (HSL), is alleged to have supplied timber to PT Riau …
Forest fires have consumed nearly 9 million acres in the United States so far in 2015. Amid predictions that climate change will only bring drier conditions and trees left brittle by invasive insects, a team of scientists described opportunities and made suggestions for the nation's forest and fire management systems, …
Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province saw increased demonstrations Tuesday over the stinging haze that has engulfed the region in recent days due to recurring forest fires. About 150 protesters threatened to enter the governor's office in Central Kalimantan province to publicly denounce the Indonesian government’s inaction against forest fires, which have …
Western land managers are ramping up the use of a controversial practice to curtail devastating wildfires: removing smaller trees in fire-prone areas to save the entire forest from going up in flames. The implementation of the method, known as thinning, has increased in national forests during the past 10 years …
JAKARTA – A worsening haze across northern Indonesia, neighboring Singapore and parts of Malaysia on Tuesday forced some schools to close and airlines to delay flights, while Indonesia ordered a crackdown against lighting fires to clear forested land. Southeast Asia has suffered for years from annual bouts of smog caused …
Two explosive wildfires have displaced 23,000 people in northern California and threaten to wreak more devastation in rural communities, which have lost hundreds of homes. The so-called Valley fire in Lake County raged untamed on Monday after incinerating 61,000 acres, or 95 square miles, in just two days. Overcast weather …
Indonesian President Joko Widodo called late on Monday for strong action against anyone caught lighting fires to clear forested land, as a worsening haze blanketed the north of the country and neighboring Singapore and Malaysia. Southeast Asia has suffered for years from annual bouts of smog caused by slash-and-burn practices …
Indonesia has agreed to share with Singapore the names of companies suspected of causing forest fires that have led to a deterioration of air quality in the city state. Indonesia's Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya Bakar, told Singapore's Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Vivian Balakrishnan, that …
Smog-affected ASEAN countries, especially Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, should allocate up to US$10 billion to cope with unending forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan, a scientist said. “The cost is equal to the estimated total economic losses resulting from the recent smog,” Herry Purnomo, a scientist at CIFOR and professor …
The normally cool Pacific Northwest endured its hottest summer on record, while several states in the Northeast and Midwest had one of their soggiest summers, according to new data out Wednesday from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Northwest heat and dryness led to Washington state having its …
Smog caused by slash-and-burn agriculture in Indonesia is continuing to foul air quality as far away as Singapore, with readings in some parts of Sumatra island deemed “very unhealthy.” A gauge of tiny air-pollution particles was at 344.90 as of 10 a.m. in Palembang, in the southern part of Sumatra, …
A wildfire raging in California's Kings Canyon National Park forced the evacuation of about 20 homes and a heat wave prompted concern that the blaze will continue to spread, authorities said on Tuesday. At 98,000 acres (40,000 hectares), the so-called Rough Fire is the largest wildfire currently burning in California, …
Indonesia is investigating 10 firms over worsening forest fires that have created a blanket of smog over Southeast Asia, threatening them with sanctions if they are found responsible, a government minister said on Tuesday. The thick haze from Indonesia's Sumatra and Kalimantan islands has forced the repeated cancellation of flights …
Smog from forest fires in Indonesia on Tuesday prompted the cancellation of flights and warnings for people to stay indoors, while pushing air quality to unhealthy levels in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia. The thick haze came from blazes on western Sumatra island and the Indonesian part of Borneo island, which …
The intensity of pollution produced by land and forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan continued to fluctuate over the weekend, putting the health of local residents at risk and disrupting activities in a number of airports on the two major islands. On Sunday, as of 10 a.m. local time, the …
The most populous regions of Australia can expect another year of above-average fire risk as the long-term decline in cool season rainfall combines with the strengthening El Nino in the Pacific. A swath of land stretching from south-eastern South Australia to the north of Rockhampton in Queensland, and the south-western …
MADRID - A wildfire which began at around mid-day on Sunday has destroyed around 2,000 hectares of woodland in the Community of Galicia in the northwest of Spain. The Galician Department of Rural affairs confirmed that the fire, which is in the province of Orense in the interior of the …
Indonesia is looking to increase its current pledges on cutting emissions growth, a senior government adviser said on Monday, with a final decision likely by mid-September. Home to the world's third-largest tropical forests, and the biggest palm oil producer, Indonesia will have a key role at the United Nation's Paris …
The worst wildfire season in Washington state history could be particularly devastating to the people who have lived here between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains since long before the region became part of the United States. Like other communities in the rural hills and valleys here, the Confederated …
