20200702 Riau, South Sumatra issue wildfire emergency alert ahead of dry season’s peak
Indonesia Nov 16 2020 “Forest”
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Riau, South Sumatra issue wildfire emergency alert ahead of dry season’s peak
Updated: 2020–07–02
This picture taken on Sept. 23 shows Indonesian firefighters battling a peatland forest fire in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra. (AFP/Abdul Qodir)
Two provinces, Riau and South Sumatra, have declared an emergency alert status for land and forest fires as the regions enter the peak of this year’s dry season.
Environment and Forestry Ministry land and forest fire control official, Radian Bagiyono, said two regencies, Siak in Riau and East Kotawaringin in Central Kalimantan, had also declared an emergency alert status.
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) earlier estimated that some fire-prone regions in Sumatra and Kalimantan would face the peak of the dry season between July and August, although the rest of the archipelago would only see the season’s peak in August.
“Some regions have passed the first phase of the [wildfire] crisis from February to April. They’re now bracing for the second phase, which will last between July and October,” Radian said on Tuesday as quoted by kompas.com.
“Since the peak of the dry season will fall during the second phase, we should be extra careful and prepared to face the fires.”
Web Source: The jakarta post