Informes

An estimated US$1.2 million dollars will be deployed in a two-pronged approach to beef up ASEAN's capacity to deal with the immediate effects of land and forest fires and to prevent the recurrence of the haze that afflicted the…

Indonesia has air-lifted emergency food supplies to the fire and drought ravaged province of East Kalimantan Twenty tonnes of rice had been released for distribution to more than five-thousand residents in areas where crops have failed due to severe drought However…

The Indonesian Government has warned the country faces international trade sanctions if doesn't stop the forest fires now raging through Borneo. Environment minister, Sarwono Kusumaatmadja, has blamed logging companies for the fires which have destroyed tropical forests in the province of…

Early warning systems to alert nations of the potential conflicts over common, shared resources are needed now says UNEP's Executive Director NAIROBI, 2 March 1998 - Addressing delegates at the opening session of UNEP's High-level Committee of Ministers and Officials meeting…

Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) charged with tackling the haze which has afflicted the region since late last year, have decided to take urgent action to combat the forest fires and to prevent their spread.…

By Ian MacKenzie JAKARTA, Feb 24 (Reuters) - About 1,000 forest fires were burning in Indonesia's East Kalimantan province on Tuesday, heightening fears that Southeast Asia could be choked by a haze disaster as bad as last year. Environmentalists said the…

Indonesian authorities have issued a warning of new eruptions occuring from central Java's Mount Merapi volcano. Vulcanologists monitoring the activity say residents in the densely populated area should beware of possible danger. They say increasingly frequent surface and volcanic tremors are…

UNDP FLASH! Firefighters on the Indonesian island of Sumatra will soon be better equipped to stamp out blazes like those that consumed thousands of acres of the country's forests last year. The fires, still burning in many places, generated smoke…

SINGAPORE, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Singapore's air quality on Friday fell to the "moderate" from "healthy" level for the first time since November as bush and forest fires spread across parts of Indonesia. Singapore's Environment Ministry said its 24-hour Pollutant Standards…

FAO GLOBAL INFORMATION AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEM ON FOOD AND AGRICULTURE DROUGHT-REDUCED HARVEST THREATENS FOOD SECURITY El Niño-related drought, considered to be the worst in half a century, has reduced food production in Indonesia and exacerbated forest fires, adversely affecting the food…