Tag:forest fires

Disaster Risk Management

Forest fires raging across Portugal

Eleven larger forest fires were raging in various areas of Portugal on Thursday, July 14, 2022, the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC)...

Michael Simire - July 14, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Evacuations as forest fires rage in northern Spain

Around 1,000 residents from 12 villages in Navarre province in Northern Spain have been forced from their homes as firefighters battled forest fires in...

Michael Simire - June 20, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Indonesian police launch hotspot tracking app to mitigate forest fires

Indonesian Police on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 officially launched the Control Analysis System Application, abbreviated as ASAP, as a way to quickly track hotspots...

Michael Simire - September 15, 2021

Disaster Risk Management

Firm accused of initiating September forest fires in California under investigation

An American investor-owned utility (IOU), Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), is again under investigation for allegedly starting a deadly fire in California last...

Michael Simire - November 20, 2020

Climate Change

Climate change plays a role in U.S. fires, climate expert says

The wave of devastating forest fires currently sweeping parts of the western United States is, in part, a result of man-made climate change, an...

Michael Simire - September 18, 2020

Sustainable Devpt

Need for effective management of peatlands, forest fires

According to scientists, protecting peat from forest fires and restoring degraded peatlands are complex processes that require solid science Experts from the Centre for International...

admin - April 13, 2017