Forest Fire (7571 ha) in Indonesia 23 Mar 2022

Event summary

Forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1005031
Countries: Indonesia
Start Date - Last detection*: 23 Mar 2022 - 11 Apr 2022
Duration (days): 19
People affected: 19 in the burned area
Burned area: 7571 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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Greenpeace accuses P&G over Indonesian forest destruction 4/19/2022 4:55:00 PM.

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Forest fires: Ministry monitors hotspots as dry season approaches 4/6/2022 4:34:00 PM.

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry is continuing to monitor hotspots and fire spots in regions prone to forest and land fires as well as carrying out fire mitigation in several regions. The ministry has also
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Pulp and paper maker Asia Pacific Resources International Ltd (APRIL Group) on Tuesday began construction on a 33.4 trillion rupiah (US$2.33 billion) paperboard production facility in Pangkalan Kerinci, Riau, the company said. The factory w
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APRIL Group invests $2.3 billion in paperboard factory in Indonesia’s .. 3/29/2022 4:32:00 PM.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (28), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),