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--- In [email protected], "sunny" <ambon@...> wrote: > > Refleksi : Bagus ada yang bakar, biar nanti pemerintah dapat duit dari > negera-negara sahabat untuk memperbaiki lingkungan. > > Selama ini dana untuk perbaikan lingkungan dari Norwegia US$ 1,-- miliar, > Perancis US$ 300,-- juta , dari Australia US$ 250,-- juta. Semoga duit-duit > ini cepat dimakan rayap penguasa supaya bisa diminta kepada negera donor > dengan adanya kebakaran baru. > > http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/02/20/forest-fires-hit-jambi-n-sumatra-and-riau.html > > Forest fires hit Jambi, N. Sumatra and Riau > Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sun, 02/20/2011 3:11 PM | > Headlines > > Forest fires have ravaged North Sumatra, Jambi and Riau - three of the eight > provinces most vulnerable to forest fires - in the last three days with fires > spreading to peatland areas in Jambi on Saturday, officials said. > > Gusti Nuspansyah, an aide to the environment minister, said the fires had not > impacted on economic activities in the three provinces. > > "We detected hotspots in the three provinces including the burning of > peatland areas in Jambi," he told The Jakarta Post on Saturday. > > There is no immediate data on the number of fires as of Saturday. > > Fires in peatlands are difficult to contain because the blazes are located > beneath the topsoil. > > The fires come on the heels > of an ASEAN environment ministers' meeting on the potential threat of haze at > a two-day summit in > Singapore. The meeting ended Thursday. > > Singapore's weather agency forecast the rainy season to continue until the > end of March. > > "Given that prediction, the potential of forest fires escalating would be > small, at least until March," Purwasto Sapoprayagi, the head of the > Environment Ministry's forest fire division, told the Post on Saturday. > Purwasto attended the Singapore meeting. > > The dry season is expected in April, increasing the threat of forest fires. > > "However, we have improved our coordination with the 10 most vulnerable > provinces. We have also set up community centers in preparation," Purwasto > said. > > The provinces most prone to forest fires include North Sumatra, Riau, Jambi, > South Sumatra and all provinces in Kalimantan. > > Indonesia has for years been dealing with the protracted issue of > forest fires, especially in the dry season, with thick haze often blanketing > neighboring Singapore and parts of Malaysia. > > The Singaporean and Malaysian governments last October issued letters to > Indonesian authorities protesting the thick haze from forest fires. > > The Dumai, Riau, environmental agency stated that thick smoke had reduced > visibility to less than 1 kilometer Friday. > > Agency head Basri told Antara news agency that the thick smoke irritated the > eyes. > > The Riau weather agency said it had recorded 80 hotspots across Sumatra as of > Wednesday. > > "The 80 hotspots are spread across Riau, North Sumatra, South Sumatra and > Jambi," Riau Geophysics, Climatology and Meteorology (BMKG) head Marzuki said. > > In Riau itself, the agency said, there were 39 hotpots located in all > regencies. > > The Environment Ministry called on local councilors in vulnerable provinces > to deliberate bylaws prohibiting the burning of forests. Only three provinces > - Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan and Riau - have bylaws banning people > from starting fires in forests. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
