News from Research and the Media
- International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG) Bulletin July 2017, with summary of peatland management / fire management news (mirrored by GFMC) (PDF, 2.5 MB)
- Malaysia, More staff needed to fight forest fires (08 March 2014)
- Indonesia, Fire Fighters Battle Fires Causing Indonesia Haze Days…Again (08 March 2014)
- Malaysia, Hot spell could cause more bush and peat fires in Pekan (04 March 2014)
- Malaysia, Peat fire in oil palm plantation (28 February 2014)
- Malaysia, Over 7,000 bush, peat fire calls since Feb 1 (26 February 2014)
- Malaysia, Tough battle to put out peat fires in M’sia (21 February 2014)
- Indonesia, Peat fires in Sumatra pose hazy challenge for firefighters (20 February 2014)
- Malaysia, New management plan for Selangor peat swamp forest (23 December 2013)
- Indonesia, Peatland management could prevent forest fires (01 October 2013)
- How an Indonesian Peatland Project Is Offering a New Way to Curb Forest Fires (30 September 2013)
- For Peat’s Sake: Indonesia’s Carbon Time Bomb Explained (27 September 2013)
- Malaysia: Peat fires main concern of environment authorities (19 June 2013)
- Indonesia, Wildfire destroys 60-ha of peatland and forests (10 April 2013)
- Malasya: Preventing peat fires (01 March 2013)
- RI, Japan develop carbon management in peat forests (13 September 2012)
- Thailand: Governing bodies meet to resolve the Southern peat fire problem (26 August 2012)
- Thailand: Wildfires in peat swamp prove tough to contain (22 August 2012)
- Malaysia, Johan Setia peat fire under control (03 August 2012)
- Indonesia, Fires in Protected Peat Forest Have Companies Feeling the Heat (09 July 2012)
- Indonesia, Open burning triggers wild peat swamp fire (05 July 2012)
- Malaysia, Bomba to borrow pump from Sabah to battle peat blaze (27 June 2012)
- Malaysia, Firemen, Rela personnel battle to fight peat swamp fires (27 June 2012)
- Indonesia, Extinguishing peat fire a difficult task, says assistant fire chief (22 June 2012)
- Malaysia, Youths to the rescue of peat swamps (21 May 2012)
- Palm oil is a major driver of peatlands destruction in Indonesian Borneo, finds new study (27 April 2012)
- Fires raging in peat forest at center of legal case in Indonesia (27 March 2012)
- ASEAN Technical Workshop – Peatland Fire Prediction and Early Warning System 20-21 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (22 March 2012)
- Malaysia, Ministry all out to ensure measures to control peat fires in place — Uggah (14 February 2012)
- Indonesia, Group accuses Aceh leader of peatland destruction (30 November 2011)
- The Contribution of Peatland CO2 to Climate Change (21 November 2011)
- Indonesia, Burst of carbon from Indonesian peat fires – and India coal mania (30 September 2011)
- Indonesia, In Kalimantan, Hard at Work Reversing the Damage to Peat Forests (21 September 2011)
- Malaysia, Water Level In Peat Soil Areas To Be Raised To Fight Possible Peat Fires (14 July 2011)
- Malaysia, Forestry Department Intensifies Monitoring On Peat Swamp Forests (27 May 2011)
- Malaysia, Project to tackle peat fire (15 May 2011 )
- Malaysia, Ministry To Use Tube Wells To Suppress Peat Land Fires (24 February 2011)
- Indonesia, Government says no to converting peatland into plantations (23 August 2010)
- Singapure, Up in Smoke: Peatland Fires in Russia and Indonesia (19 August 2010)
- Indonesia, Reportage: Restoring Peatlands in Kalimantan (27 July 2010)
- Indonesia, Scientists Commend Indonesia for Conservation Measures, but Urge Immediate Action on Forests and Peatlands (23 July 2010)
- Indonesia, Planned 5-year Peatland Moratorium seen as `Half-Hearted Government Policy’ (12 July 2010)
- Malaysia, Operation To Extinguish Peat Soil Fire In Dungun Ongoing (11 May 2010)
- Thailand, Firefighters struggle to contain peat blaze (25 April 2010)
- Indonesia, Blocking canal protects peatland in Kampar Semenanjung: Govt experts (23 April 2010)
- Indonesia, Govt Regulation to Allow Businesses in Peatlands (15 April 2010)
- Malaysia, Bracing for peat fires (05 March 2010)
- Brunei, Stop open burning in Belait Belait – for peat sake (25 February 2010)
- Malaysia, 156ha of peat fires still burning (19 February 2010)
- Malaysia, Firemen battle several peat fires in Johor (18 February 2010)
- Brunei, A Public Lecture on Tropical Peat Land and their Environmental Importance (01 February 2010)
- Indonesian government report recommends moratorium on peatlands conversion (19 January 2010)
- Indonesia, Stop converting peatlands, govt study recommends (18 January 2010)
- Indonesia / United Kingdom: Borneo is burning (Nature Vol. 432, 11 November 2004; PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Indonesia Peat Fires may Fuel Global Warming, Experts say (11 November 2004)
- Good news for the Peatswamp Forests of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia (8 November 2004)
- Indonesia, Germany to sign US$60m debt swap deal (8 November 2004)