Rapports

Environmental groups estimate forest fires across south-east Asia last year caused at least four-point-five billion dollars in losses. The estimate of losses, mostly suffered by Indonesia but also affecting neighboring countries, was made by the World Wide Fund for Nature, and…

Indonesia 1/98 Dear Friends, After weeks of simmering tension the situation in Indonesia reached a flashpoint in early May sparking off violent street protests accompanied by arson and looting, culminating in injuries and several hundred fatalities. The rapid deterioration in the Indonesian economy…

Drought is affecting parts of Indonesia, increasing the risk of a return of the haze/smog that choked much of south east Asia last year until the monsoon in November. The Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia) is continuing its…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 (Reuters) - Malaysia and Indonesia agreed on Thursday to activate a bilateral agreement to combat smog from forest fires, and called on international donors to provide the disaster aid which they have pledged. Information Minister Mohamed…

UNEP Executive Director appeals for urgent financial assistance to help prevent repetition of 1997 forest fire disaster LONDON/NAIROBI, 14 May 1998 - "The environmental crisis of forest fires in South East Asia is far from over," said Mr. Klaus Töpfer,…

Vanguard ASEAN-ADB Initiative to Design, Implement and Monitor H.E. Prof. Dr. Juwono Sudarsono, Indonesian State Minister of the Environment today opened the Regional Inception Workshop of the Regional Technical Assistance Project on Strengthening ASEAN's Capacity to Prevent and Mitigate Transboundary Atmospheric…

By Ian MacKenzie JAKARTA, May 12 (Reuters) - Bush fires in East Kalimantan on Indonesia's side of Borneo island are under control thanks to recent rains, Environment Minister Juwono Sudarsono said on Tuesday. "The situation is under control, mainly because of the…

Ref: OCHA /GVA - 98/0197 SITUATION 1. Since September last year, Indonesia is suffering from a severe drought, caused by the strongest El Nino phenomenon in fifty years, which has led to food shortages in many provinces. Concurrently, Indonesia has been…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 98/0195 DISASTER SITUATION During the first months of the year, Indonesia witnessed the resurgence of land, bush and forest fires (including underground peat fires). Aggravated by an extended drought period, probably linked with the El Niño phenomenon, the…

BACKGROUND INFORMATION In view of the forest fire emergency facing Indonesia, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) established close cooperation through the Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment…