Rapports

(2:40pm AEST) The Indonesian military will conduct cloud seeding operations over Singapore and Malaysia to induce rain and help clear the smoke haze from forest and ground fires in Indonesia. The official Antara news agency quotes Brigadier-General Abdul Wahab Mokodongan…

DHAGVA - 97/0520 South-East Asia - Environmental Emergency DHA-Geneva Situation Report No. 3 30 September 1997 DISASTER SITUATION 1. Fires continue to burn out of control in the islands of Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, and Irian Jaya, causing heavy air pollution…

By Elif Kaban GENEVA (Reuter) - U.N. climatologists predicted Monday that monsoon rains desperately needed to quell raging bush fires that have blanketed Southeast Asia with a choking, health-threatening smog, would be delayed this year because of the El Nino…

AA42 25/9/97 I have instructed Australia's ambassador to Indonesia to make a detailed assessment of the situation currently affecting Indonesia in relation to forest fires and drought. He will report to me in the next few days on the kinds…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0518 DISASTER SITUATION 1. Large-scale forest fires persist in Indonesia, causing heavy air pollution in several countries in South-East Asia, including Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, and Thailand. 2. DHA Relief Coordination Branch, through its Joint UNEP/DHA Environment Unit, is…

(5:19pm AEST) The Indonesian government is reportedly planning a crack down on non-governmental organisations. An official from Indonesia's home ministry, Mr Sutoyo, was quoted in the Republika daily newspaper as saying that N-G-Os which violate the country's law could be…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0517 DISASTER SITUATION 1. Hunger and a cholera outbreak in Indonesia's eastermost province of Irian Jaya have claimed more than 265 lives since mid-August, the official Antara news agency reported on 25 September 1997. The famine and cholera…

(8:35pm AEST) Indonesia's president Suharto has declared that the forest fires raging in his country are a national disaster. Indonesia correspondent Michael Maher reports from Sumatra that more than 600-thousand-hectares are now reported to have been burnt. President Suharto is now…

DATE=9/25/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220390 TITLE=INDONESIA / FIRES (L-ONLY) BYLINE=JENNY GRANT DATELINE=JAKARTA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT SAYS IT IS CONFIDENT THAT THOUSANDS OF FIRE FIGHTERS NOW BATTLING THE BLAZES, CAN CONTROL FOREST FIRES WHICH HAVE BEEN BURNING IN THAT COUNTRY FOR TWO MONTHS.…