Forest Fire (7171 ha) in Indonesia 07 Aug 2022

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1008142
Countries: Indonesia
Start Date - Last detection*: 07 Aug 2022 - 15 Aug 2022
Duration (days): 8
People affected: 422 in the burned area
Burned area: 7171 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Articles: 22 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

L’Onu avverte: moriremo tutti di sete, non solo i Paesi più poveri2022-08-24T19:39+0200.

L’umanità deve affrontare siccità sempre più gravi e dannose a causa del cambiamento climatico e del degrado del suolo, afferma un rapporto dell’Onu pubblicato mercoledì 11 maggio scorso. La Terra – NanoPress.it. Le nazioni devono intrapren
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La mega erupción volcánica que podría acabar con el mundo en este sigl ... 2022-08-18T22:56+0200.

El mundo ya está sufriendo la guerra en Ucrania, incendios en todo el planeta, un cambio climático que está haciendo inhabitables algunas zonas del planeta y, por si fuera poco, una enorme e rupción volcánica podría oscurecer aún más el pan
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Forest fires are getting worse, 20 years of data confirm2022-08-17T23:56+0200.

Fires are now causing 3 million more hectares (741,3160 acres) of tree cover loss per year than they did in 2001, according to a newly released Global Forest Watch analysis which examined fires that burn all or most of a forest’s living ove
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Forest fires are getting worse, 20 years of data confirm2022-08-17T22:45+0200.

Across Russia, Europe, Indonesia, the Amazon Basin, North America, Australia, and beyond, we have watched fires blaze across landscapes, causing immense damage to life and land. Now, a new analysis confirms what many have witnessed firsthan
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),