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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Haze risk returns as fires increase in Indonesia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The number of forest fires burning in Indonesia is increasing, raising concerns for the potential return of choking haze to the region.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0826-nasa_indonesia.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Is peat swamp worth more than palm oil plantations?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Could peat swamp be worth more intact for their carbon value than palm oil plantations for their oil?  Quick analysis suggests yes, though binding limits on emissions will be needed to trigger the largest ever flow of money from the industrialized world to developing countries.  At stake: the bulk of the world's biodiversity.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0717-indonesia.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Poverty and corruption reduce effectiveness of rainforest parks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Poverty and corruption are linked to higher incidence of fire in tropical forest reserves, reports a new study published in the journal Ecological Applications.  Poor, corrupt countries -- like Cambodia, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Sierra Leone -- have the least effective parks when measured in terms of the incidence of fire relative to surrounding "buffer" areas.  The findings have significant implications for rainforest conservation efforts.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0709-wright_fires.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Indonesia pledges to cut haze-causing fires by half]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Indonesia say it aims to reduce forest fires by 40-50 percent this year, following nearly a decade of devastating seasonal fires that release large amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere, threaten critical orangutan habitat, and raise regional health risks.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0622-indonesia.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to stop haze and forest fires in Indonesia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In recent years, annual forest fires in Indonesian have destroyed millions of hectares of forest and caused billions of dollars in economic damage.  After each episode of fires the Indonesian government, facing criticism from neighboring governments, promises it will crack down.  Nothing happens and the fires burn again the next year.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0419-fires.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asian pollution fuels rain in Australia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new study says that the haze produced by fires in southeast Asia causes increased rainfall in Australia by lowering regional ocean temperatures.  Particulate matter in the upper atmosphere has been shown to reflect sunlight, hence lowering temperatures.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1211-csiro.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Southeast Asian nations propose haze fund, but fail to address root cause]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Southeast Asian nations agreed to create to a fund to help fight forest fires in Indonesian according to a report from Retuers.  The pledge however stops short of addressing the root cause of the choking haze: deforestation.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1112-haze.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fires in Indonesia kill 1,000 endangered orangutans]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[1000 orangutans perished this year in forest fires that raged across Borneo and Sumatra according to a conservationist interviewed by Reuters. Willie Smits, an ecologist at the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation in Indonesia, told Reuters that the fires forced hungry orangutans into agricultural areas where they were killed as pests.  Orangutans are known for feeding on fruit of oil palm and other crops in fields adjacent to forest areas.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1106-orangutans.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1106-orangutans.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Rain bring haze reprieve in Indonesia, Singapore]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rain has brought a temporary reprieve for areas affected by forest fires-caused haze in Indonesia according to a report from Reuters. Officials at Sultan Thaha airport in Jambi province, on the island of Sumatra, said that planes are again taking off and landing after a 10-day closure due to low visibility, according to Reuters.  In Singapore, the pollution index was at 19, down from Thursday's reading of 38, and a high of 128 on October 7, its worst level since the 1997-1998 fires.  In Kuala Lumpur, the Air Pollution Index stood at 24 on Thursday, down from 72 on Tuesday, according to local reports.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1027-fires.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1027-fires.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Forest fires result from government failure in Indonesia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Indonesia is burning again.  Smoke from fires set for land-clearing in South Kalimantan (Borneo) and Sumatra are causing pollution levels to climb in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok, resulting in mounting haze-related health problems, traffic accidents, and associated economic costs. The country's neighbors are again clamoring for action but ultimately the fires will burn until they are extinguished by seasonal rains in coming months]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1015-indonesia.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2006 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1015-indonesia.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Malaysia urges neighbors to help prevent haze]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Malaysia urged its neighbours on Tuesday to ratify an agreement to control air pollution in southeast Asia, a month after forest fires in Indonesia caused some of the worst haze in the region in eight years.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0927-reuters.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0927-reuters.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Fires in peat lands cost climate]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The tropical rainforests of Kalimantan have long been threatened and increasingly endangered by deforestation and other invasive types of human activity. However, a lesser known ecosystem in the region that is literally coming under fire, is the tropical peat lands, particularly in the central area of the province of Indonesian Borneo.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0906-tina_butler.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Forest fires have serious economic and health consequences warns FAO]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Large forest fires in South-East Asia, notably in Indonesia, have caused serious health and environmental problems, in particular choking haze in the region, FAO said today.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0905-fao_fires.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Illegal loggers to be imprisoned in Malaysia, possibly executed in Indonesia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Illegal loggers will now face mandatory jail time in Malaysia under new laws expected to be implemented sometime early next year. Existing enforcement efforts, which rely on fines but are poorly enforced, have largely failed to curb illegal wood harvesting in the country's tropical rainforests.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0830-malaysia_law.html</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Haze in Malaysia worsens, may last until October]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Haze in Malaysia worsens, may last until October.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0811-haze.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0811-haze.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Indonesian forest fires again cause haze in Malaysia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Forest fires in Indonesia's Sumatra province covered Malaysia's main city Kuala Lumpur and 32 other towns Tuesday with a smoky haze that reduced visibility to as low as one kilometer (half a mile).]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0804-ap.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Borneo's peat lands going up in smoke]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The tropical rainforests of Kalimantan have long been threatened and increasingly endangered by deforestation and other invasive types of human activity. However, a lesser known ecosystem in the region that is literally coming under fire, is the tropical peat lands, particularly in the central area of the province of Indonesian Borneo]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0421-tina_butler.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kalimantan at the Crossroads: Dipterocarp Forests and the Future of Indonesian Borneo]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Kalimantan at the Crossroads: Dipterocarp Forests and the Future of Indonesian Borneo]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0417c-tina_butler.html</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0417c-tina_butler.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Smoke from forest fires reduces rainfall and spells trouble for the Amazon rainforest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Smoke from forest fires reduces rainfall and spells trouble for the Amazon rainforest]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0414-rhett_butler.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0414-rhett_butler.html</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Deforestation in Borneo]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Deforestation in Borneo]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0413-tina_butler.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.mongabay.com/">Mongabay.com</source>
<guid>http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0413-tina_butler.html</guid>
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