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As the mid-day sun shines red through the smoke rising from dozens of forest fires, the Yanomami Indians say it is a sign of the apocalypse, and environmentalists fear that they may be right. The
As the mid-day sun shines red through the smoke rising from dozens of forest fires, the Yanomami Indians say it is a sign of the apocalypse, and environmentalists fear that they may be right. The
Thousands of people in coastal towns in Indonesia have been threatened by the fires raging through rainforest in Boneo. Thick smoke from the blaze has already engulfed settlements along a 125
The forest fires in Indonesia show no signs of abating. Up to 1,000 fires are blazing at present. The situation is set to worsen as the drought drags on. ( Down To Earth , Vol 6, No1)
The fires in the Amazon forest show no signs of abating. Lax environmental laws have added fuel to them
The fires that had been raging in the Indonesian forests for quite some time are slowly showing signs of decrease. Satellite pictures show many of the Indonesian fires may be nearly doused. However,
smog from the forest fires that have been raging in the Indonesian provinces of Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Irian Jaya and Java for the last three-four months has spread to five more
The forest fires in Indonesia that have been raging for more than two months are spreading further in the provinces of Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of the Borneo island) and
Blind bureaucracy and rapacious industry in Indonesia have forced the jungle to strike back with a vengeance at its tormentors
The smog had spread to Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, The Philippines and Thailand covering a population of 70 million. On September 26, all the 234 people on aboard a jetliner died
The forest fires and the consequent choking smog over Southeast Asia have proven over the last two months that the economic and industrial policies of the Indonesian government are a manual of how to make an ecological disaster
Nearly 2,500 ha of forests have been devastated following fires in Lampung in the last two months. Last year, fires destroyed nearly 1,439 ha of forest's area, which accounted for about 13.92 per
The smoke coming out of the south-eastern corner of the Amazon has badly affected the region, causing nosebleeds and forcing airports to close for days. The countless fires in the Amazon rain forest
Forest fires can actually lead to enrichment of soil and enhanced growth of vegetation
The ministry of environment is lambasted by a parliamentary committee for not knowing what it needs and asking for funds it never gets to use
The creation of computer models of forest fires has helped establish the long ignored role of wind patterns in the spread of these fires
SEVERAL thousand hectares of forests were destroyed in big wildfires that raged across southwest us in the beginning of May. A raging blaze which broke out in the 1,16-million-ha Tonto forest in
THE devastating fire which raged through Greece in July ravaging its precious pine and fir forests, might now lead to the flooding of capital Athens. The 3-day fire burnt down forests on 10,000
Jagir Singh Patiali, 65, is the undisputed leader of the village community in Patial. Although he never held any official post, he has taken up a number of local issues, and spearheaded the forest
Conventional politics breaks up the fiery spirit of an ideal self sustaining forest community
Pauri Garwhal became ghost territory as villagers and the forest department virtually ignored unprecedented forest fires