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Mon, 08/03/2009 - 21:03
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NOAA 18 SATELLITE DETECTS 194 HOTSPOTS ON SUMATRA
Pekanbaru, Indonesia, Aug. 3 (ANTARA) - The NOAA 18 Satellite detected a total of 194 hotspots on Sumatra Island on Sunday, according to the Sultan Syarif airport's meteorological, climatology, and geophysics (BMKG) office in Pekanbaru.
"Of the 194 hotspots, Riau contributed 46 hotspots in Sumatra," Sanya Gautami of the BMKG office said here on Monday.
The 194 hotspots indicated forest and plantation fires on Sumatra Island, he said.
In Riau Province, the hotspots were detected in the districts of Rokan Hilir (with five hotspots), Rokan Hulu (four) Bengkalis (two), Siak (four), Kampar (two), Pelalawan (10), Indragiri Hulu (12), and Indragiri Hilir (seven).
The number of hotspots in Sumatra decreased from 318 hospots detected a day earlier, he said.
Sanya Gautami said the forest and plantation fires on Sumatra Island were triggered by El-Nino-induced drought.
"The level of drought and the fire triggering potential in Riau has reached the extreme level," he said.
There was very slight chance for rain to fall in Riau Province.
Therefore, the BMKG officer urged local farmers and companies not to open land for plantation or farming by setting fires on forest as it could produce haze.
Indonesia received United States assistance to conduct a fire-fighting exercise and Malaysian aid to organize a course on tackling forest and plantation fires happening in Riau Province in particular.
Forest fires in Indonesia have become an international concern as they release carbon emissions, which could worsen global warming, and haze, which could cross the border to neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
Amid haze enveloping in Riau Province, the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) and the United States Pacific Command (US Pacom) were holding a joint forest fire-fighting exercise at Pasir Putih square, Kampar District, Riau, on Thursday (July 30).
Fires have become more frequent and widespread especially on Sumatra and Kalimantan islands due to human-induced changes in the forest ecosystem.
During the El Nino of 1982-83, fires burned about 3.7 million hectares of forest areas in Kalimantan.***
"Of the 194 hotspots, Riau contributed 46 hotspots in Sumatra," Sanya Gautami of the BMKG office said here on Monday.
The 194 hotspots indicated forest and plantation fires on Sumatra Island, he said.
In Riau Province, the hotspots were detected in the districts of Rokan Hilir (with five hotspots), Rokan Hulu (four) Bengkalis (two), Siak (four), Kampar (two), Pelalawan (10), Indragiri Hulu (12), and Indragiri Hilir (seven).
The number of hotspots in Sumatra decreased from 318 hospots detected a day earlier, he said.
Sanya Gautami said the forest and plantation fires on Sumatra Island were triggered by El-Nino-induced drought.
"The level of drought and the fire triggering potential in Riau has reached the extreme level," he said.
There was very slight chance for rain to fall in Riau Province.
Therefore, the BMKG officer urged local farmers and companies not to open land for plantation or farming by setting fires on forest as it could produce haze.
Indonesia received United States assistance to conduct a fire-fighting exercise and Malaysian aid to organize a course on tackling forest and plantation fires happening in Riau Province in particular.
Forest fires in Indonesia have become an international concern as they release carbon emissions, which could worsen global warming, and haze, which could cross the border to neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
Amid haze enveloping in Riau Province, the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) and the United States Pacific Command (US Pacom) were holding a joint forest fire-fighting exercise at Pasir Putih square, Kampar District, Riau, on Thursday (July 30).
Fires have become more frequent and widespread especially on Sumatra and Kalimantan islands due to human-induced changes in the forest ecosystem.
During the El Nino of 1982-83, fires burned about 3.7 million hectares of forest areas in Kalimantan.***
