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Indonesia fires spark Singapore, Malaysia haze warning
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Indonesia fires spark Singapore, Malaysia haze warningAFP |Updated:July 28, 2014
(First published on: July 28, 2014 07:00 MYT)
JAKARTA:Indonesia's disaster agency warned that neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia could be hit by more choking smog, after a huge jump in forest fires in a province at the centre of an air pollution crisis last year.
Fires in Riau province, on Indonesia's western Sumatra island, caused the worst haze in Southeast Asia for more than a decade in June last year, affecting daily life for millions and sparking a heated diplomatic row.
June is the start of the forest fire season -- when slash-and-burn techniques are used to clear land quickly and cheaply, often for palm oil plantations -- and disaster officials said the number of blazes in Riau was rising quickly.
A total of 366 "hotspots" -- either forest fires or areas likely to soon go up in flames -- had been detected in the province on Wednesday, up from 97 the previous day, according to disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
"We must be on alert as the wind is travelling east-northeast. The likelihood of the smog reaching Singapore and Malaysia is getting higher," Nugroho said.
Experts have said that an expected El Nino weather phenomenon later this year is likely to fan the forest fires as conditions become drier than usual.
El Nino drags precipitation across the Pacific Ocean, leaving countries including Indonesia drier and parts of the Americas wetter.
But the latest outbreak of forest fires was yet to have any serious impact on daily life in Sumatra, and the skies over Singapore were still free of haze.
Authorities said that most of the forest fires last year were deliberately lit to clear land. Slash-and-burn is a traditional farming technique, but environmental groups also accuse big companies of using the method.
According to the Washington-based World Resources Institute, a large number of the recent fires have been linked to paper and palm oil giants and their suppliers.
Using data from satellite mapping tools, it found 75 hotspots between Saturday and Monday in areas where Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), one of the world's largest paper companies, has operations.
A further 43 hotspots were found in areas occupied by suppliers to paper company Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) in the same period.
Aida Greenbury, APP managing director of sustainability and stakeholder engagement, said 10 fires had occurred on forest land run by APP's suppliers in the past five days, all of which had been extinguished.
"We do not practise and highly condemn slash-and-burn activity," she said.
APRIL said it had agreed to support the fire-fighting effort, lending its water pumps and a company helicopter.
Read more at:http://english.astroawani.com/news/show/indonesia-fires-spark-singapore-malaysia-haze-warning-40790?cp
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kl teruk sgt jerebu. hari2 hujan lebat pon xleh menghilangkan jerebu |
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smalam beraya di Banting... punya laa teruk jerubu.... |
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Melampau deme nih...diplomatic kehapa tak ader boleh hentikan deme.
Bila hutan yg terakhir udah rentung, hakisan tanah dan bencana bermula, barulah deme nak lari
Menangis minta belas kasihan org. Bongkak beno deme. Tamak haloba tak berilmu.
Kasihan haiwan yg habitatnya musnah, dibunuh for fun olh celaka celaka ini....
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MengkuduMasam posted on 30-7-2014 02:01 AM
smalam beraya di Banting... punya laa teruk jerubu....
Beraya katne? Ladang gadong ke?
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tdi balik lalu federal highway jerebu ya amat |
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Ada jugak orang kita galak bakar sampah |
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Muntz posted on 30-7-2014 03:43 AM
Yup. Takleh nak salahkan Indons jugak. Org kita suka sangat bakar sampah secara terbuka. Itu belum ...
Betul tu. Lpeas ni nampak nak call jas.
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ini yindon tak abis2 mendatangkan pencemaran udara. |
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MengkuduMasam posted on 30-7-2014 02:01 AM
smalam beraya di Banting... punya laa teruk jerubu....
Smlm cari kerepek semua tutup...lol |
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nape dorang nih main bakar2
tetipa tahun kita nak hadap jerebu dari dorang |
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Banyak orang berniaga lemang .. kebakaran disengajakan .. lain kali kena ada permit jika nak bakar lemang .. |
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Setakat bakar lemang..aku rasa x de la smpai menjejaskan kualiti udara kot |
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saladin780 posted on 30-7-2014 03:03 PM
Setakat bakar lemang..aku rasa x de la smpai menjejaskan kualiti udara kot
yg kereta beli lemang tak mati enjin tu lebih menjejaskan quality udara..
bagi jem jalan aje...
lagi2 yg kat TTDI tu...
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Babai posted on 30-7-2014 02:06 AM
Beraya katne? Ladang gadong ke?
Ntah... area sg buaya ngan kanchong kot...
i follow jah... pak mertua masuk jln dlm2..tau2 sampei...
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Dunhill. posted on 30-7-2014 11:13 AM
Smlm cari kerepek semua tutup...lol
Raya mmg laa tutup...
tp stok tpt gue amik ikan area pulau carey bukak pulak.... tp xkosa nak pilih2 ikan ketam segala dgn bersampin bagai...
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Indon ni x abih2 export asap |
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