Bangkok – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has declared a total of 13 districts of five provinces, namely Roi Et, Sri Saket, Nakhon Ratchasima, Trat, and Chonburi, as drought-hit areas.
Month: April 2019
Mae Hong Son continues to reel under man-made fires
By Tossapol Boonpat | 28 April 2019
More than 100 forest fires are raging in Mae Hong Son province, half of which reportedly stemmed from people’s attempts to clear farmlands to prepare the soil for the early sowing of seeds before the rainy season.
A satellite image reported that as of 1.47am on Sunday, Mae Hong Son had 152 hotspots (49 in Pai, 36 in Sop Moei, 36 in Khun Yuam, 18 in Mae Sariang, 12 in Pang Mapha, and one in Mae La Noi).
Peat fire razes 420 ha of forest near Kuantan, firemen still battling blaze
Bernama | 25 Apr 2019
KUANTAN (Bernama): A peat soil forest fire near the Sultan Ahmad Shah Maritime Academy (AMSAS) in Sungai Ular here razed 420ha of forest Thursday (April 25), compared to 40ha last week.
Pahang Fire and Rescue Department director Nor Hisham Mohammad said the absence of an entry road, limited water source, and wind movements were among the difficulties faced by the department in an operation to douse the fire.
Ngopi (Ngobrol Pintar/Talking Smart) PWI Riau and Ministry of Environment and Forestry with theme of “Law Enforcement Environment and Forestry” (Balai Pertemuan Gedung PWI Riau, 22 April 2019)
22 April 2019
“Once environment damaged or decrease in the quality and quantity of , so to recover the who performed by human beings could not restore entirely on environmental an original state .People do not create the source of natural resources because repeateth it is power one god”, said Bambang hero.
BMKG Pantau 41 Titik Panas di Natuna (ID) / BMKG Monitor 41 Hotspots in Natuna
Senin, 22 April 2019
BATAM (ANTARA), Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika memantau 41 titik panas akibat kebakaran hutan dan lahan (karhutla) di wilayah Kabupaten Natuna, Kepulauan Riau.
“Dari data hotspot hingga sore hari ini sebaran titik panas masih terpantau 40 titik di wilayah Bunguran Timur dan wilayah Bunguran Barat terpantau 1 titik,” kata Kasi Data dan Informasi BMKG Hang Nadim Batam, Suratman di Batam, Senin.
Fire Dept: 40-hectare forest in Kuantan on fire
Bernama | 21 April 2019
KUANTAN, April 21 — Nearly 40 hectares of a forest near the Sultan Ahmad Shah Maritime Academy here have reportedly been on fire since Thursday.
Gebeng Fire and Rescue Station head Syed A. Jamaludin Syed Mohamed said they only found out about the fire at 4 pm on Thursday when a patrol team spotted it.
German forest fire risk spikes amid high temperatures, drought
Author Jeanette Cwienk | 21 April 2019
Sun and warmth might seem like the perfect weather for Easter. But experts warn that Germany is far too dry, almost everywhere in the country.
Sun and warmth might seem like the perfect weather for Easter. But experts warn that Germany is far too dry, almost everywhere in the country.
Normally, the lucrative cash crop known as rapeseed, or canola, blooms throughout the German state of Thuringia at the end of May. But this year, you would look in vain for the yellow blossoms that are usually turned into one of the western world’s main sources of cooking oil.
Forest fires continue to plague Mae Hong Son
Tosapol Boonpat | 21 April 2019
Illegal outdoor fires continue to occur in Mae Hong Son province despite the ban and the raging smog crisis.
In recent months, Mae Hong Son has been struggling with haze most of the time. Exposure to serious air pollution has become a threat to the health of locals.
Rain brings relief from forest fires in Coimbatore
21 April 2019
Dampens the rising danger of wildfires after weeks of dry conditions
Illegal Logging and Forest Fires Threaten Resources of Protected Areas in Costa Rica
In the Country, 99% of Forest Fires Present in Dry Period Are for Action of the Human Being
Officers of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) have attended last week several fires in the Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge and the National Wildlife Refuge Border Corridor. Some hectares of land have been burned but the fire has been controlled.