INTERNATIONAL PEATLAND FIRE NETWORK
An Activity of the Global Wildland Fire Network
News from Research and the Media
Selected Articles and Papers
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- Peatland fires in Indonesia can be predicted by new evaluation approach (20 April 2021)
- Peatland on fire again as burning season starts in Indonesia (16 March 2021)
- What’s Green, Soggy and Fights Climate Change? (09 October 2020)
- International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG) Bulletin July 2017, with summary of peatland management / fire management news (mirrored by GFMC) (PDF, 2.5 MB)
- UK, Satellites for Peat’s Sake (26 January 2015)
- Malaysia, More staff needed to fight forest fires (08 March 2014)
- Indonesia, Fire Fighters Battle Fires Causing Indonesia Haze Days Again (08 March 2014)
- Ireland, Trumera bog a hotspot for fire (06 March 2014)
- Malaysia, Hot spell could cause more bush and peat fires in Pekan (04 March 2014)
- Malaysia, Peat fire in oil palm plantation (28 February 2014)
- Malaysia, Over 7,000 bush, peat fire calls since Feb 1 (26 February 2014)
- Malaysia, Tough battle to put out peat fires in M’sia (21 February 2014)
- Indonesia, Peat fires in Sumatra pose hazy challenge for firefighters (20 February 2014)
- Malaysia, New management plan for Selangor peat swamp forest (23 December 2013)
- Indonesia, Peatland management could prevent forest fires (01 October 2013)
- How an Indonesian Peatland Project Is Offering a New Way to Curb Forest Fires (30 September 2013)
- For Peats Sake: Indonesias Carbon Time Bomb Explained (27 September 2013)
- United Kingdom, Smouldering peat fires may contribute to climate change (23 September 2013)
- Malaysia: Peat fires main concern of environment authorities (19 June 2013)
- United Kingdom, 30 firefighters tackle Irlam peat bog fire (06 June 2013)
- Sweden, Vast peat fire in Skåne may burn for weeks (19 May 2013)
- United Kingdom, Peat catches fire in Bushy Park, sparking huge firefighting operation (07 May 2013)
- Indonesia, Wildfire destroys 60-ha of peatland and forests (10 April 2013)
- Malasya: Preventing peat fires (01 March 2013)
- RI, Japan develop carbon management in peat forests (13 September 2012)
- Thailand: Governing bodies meet to resolve the Southern peat fire problem (26 August 2012)
- Thailand: Wildfires in peat swamp prove tough to contain (22 August 2012)
- Malaysia, Johan Setia peat fire under control (03 August 2012)
- Indonesia, Fires in Protected Peat Forest Have Companies Feeling the Heat (09 July 2012)
- Indonesia, Open burning triggers wild peat swamp fire (05 July 2012)
- Malaysia, Bomba to borrow pump from Sabah to battle peat blaze (27 June 2012)
- Malaysia, Firemen, Rela personnel battle to fight peat swamp fires (27 June 2012)
- Indonesia, Extinguishing peat fire a difficult task, says assistant fire chief (22 June 2012)
- Malaysia, Youths to the rescue of peat swamps (21 May 2012)
- Palm oil is a major driver of peatlands destruction in Indonesian Borneo, finds new study (27 April 2012)
- Fires raging in peat forest at center of legal case in Indonesia (27 March 2012)
- ASEAN Technical Workshop Peatland Fire Prediction and Early Warning System 20-21 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (22 March 2012)
- USA, Efforts begin to put water back into Great Dismal Swamp peat bogs (12 March 2012)
- Canada, Peat fires could accelerate climate change (18 February 2012)
- Malaysia, Ministry all out to ensure measures to control peat fires in place Uggah (14 February 2012)
- Lithuania, Fuel peat briquettes at the best price (31 January 2012)
- USA, Peat fires are unique and challenging in Minnesota winters (26 January 2012)
- USA, Firefighters face challenging task when fighting peat fires (14 January 2012)
- USA, DNR urges caution when burning in low areas to prevent peat fires (20 December 2011)
- Durban Climate Summit enables carbon cuts from peatlands (December 2011)
- Indonesia, Group accuses Aceh leader of peatland destruction (30 November 2011)
- United Kingdom, Peat. Climate and Fires (29 November 2011)
- The Contribution of Peatland CO2 to Climate Change (21 November 2011)
- Germany to help Russia to restore peat bogs (14 October 2011)
- Indonesia, Burst of carbon from Indonesian peat fires – and India coal mania (30 September 2011)
- Russia, The Big Payback from Bringing Back Peat Bogs (26 September 2011)
- Indonesia, In Kalimantan, Hard at Work Reversing the Damage to Peat Forests (21 September 2011)
- United Kingdom, Peat cutting must be regulated, not banned (20 August 2011)
- Estonia, TSA Completes Safety Inspection in Peat Deposits (15 August 2011)
- Peat smog hits Moscow Region (08 August 2011)
- Malaysia, Water Level In Peat Soil Areas To Be Raised To Fight Possible Peat Fires (14 July 2011)
- Shall peat bog fires cause emergency situation in Russia? (07 July 2011)
- USA, Peat Wildfire Smoke Linked to Heart Failure Risk (29 June 2011)
- USA, Millions of gallons of water pumped on peat fire (10 June 2011)
- Moscow faces more peat fires this year: Greenpeace (09 June 2011)
- Latvia, Major peat fire in Kaigu Bog, Jelgava Region (07 June 2011)
- Malaysia, Forestry Department Intensifies Monitoring On Peat Swamp Forests (27 May 2011)
- Fears of repeat disaster as fires rage in Russian east (24 May 2011)
- Malaysia, Project to tackle peat fire (15 May 2011 )
- United Kingdom, ‘Red-hot peat bogs’ still posing fire risk on moors (09 May 2011)
- United Kingdom, Peat bog will take years to recover from fire (06 May 2011)
- United Kingdom, Firefighters tackle peat blaze (03 May 2011)
- Peat-bog flooding stepped up in central Russia to prevent wildfires (28 April 2011)
- Russia, Moscow region peat bogs are already smouldering (21 April 2011)
- Russia, Three peat bogs smoldering in Moscow region (01 April 2011)
- Russia, No risk of large peat bog fires in Moscow suburbs this year federal officer (01 April 2011)
- Malaysia, Ministry To Use Tube Wells To Suppress Peat Land Fires (24 February 2011)
- Australia, Legal advice over 12 year peat fire (27 January 2011)
- United Kingdom, Scotland to launch peatland study (15 Dezember 2010)
- USA, The Compost Bomb: Peat and Global Warming (06 Dezember 2010)
- Australia, Fuel reduction burn to help ease peat fire risk (09 November 2010)
- Why We Should Care About Forest and Peat Fires in Russia (17 September 2010)
- Australia, For peat sake, put out underground fire that’s been burning since 1997 (02 September 2010)
- United Kingdom, Peat fire at Crowle Moor still burning three days on (01 September 2010)
- United Kingdom, Firefighters battle on as moor peat blaze rages underground (31 August 2010)
- Indonesia, Government says no to converting peatland into plantations (23 August 2010)
- Singapure, Up in Smoke: Peatland Fires in Russia and Indonesia (19 August 2010)
- Ukraine, Emergency Situations Ministry Attributes Smoke In Kyiv To Peat Fires In Chernihiv Region (16 August 2010)
- Ukraine, Peat fires registered throughout the territory of Kiev region (09 August 2010)
- Ukraine, 1.4 Hectares Of Peat Bogs Burning In Kyiv Region (09 August 2010)
- Russia Fights 334 Wildfires; Moscow Choking From Drifting Peat-Bog Smoke (28 July 2010)
- Russia, Peat Fires Rage Across Moscow Amid Heatwave (28 July 2010)
- Russia, Putin orders peat firefight (27 July 2010)
- Indonesia, Reportage: Restoring Peatlands in Kalimantan (27 July 2010)
- Forest and peat fires cover over 52,000 hectares in Russia (27 July 2010)
- Indonesia, Scientists Commend Indonesia for Conservation Measures, but Urge Immediate Action on Forests and Peatlands (23 July 2010)
- Indonesia, Planned 5-year Peatland Moratorium seen as `Half-Hearted Government Policy’ (12 July 2010)
- Malaysia, Operation To Extinguish Peat Soil Fire In Dungun Ongoing (11 May 2010)
- Canada, Peat Resources – Positive environmental implications (06 May 2010)
- Finnland, Blaze Engulfs Peat Plant In Eurajoki (27 April 2010)
- Thailand, Firefighters struggle to contain peat blaze (25 April 2010)
- Indonesia, Blocking canal protects peatland in Kampar Semenanjung: Govt experts (23 April 2010)
- Indonesia, Govt Regulation to Allow Businesses in Peatlands (15 April 2010)
- Australia, Peat fire repeats – after 13 years (20 March 2010)
- Malaysia, Bracing for peat fires (05 March 2010)
- Brunei, Stop open burning in Belait Belait for peat sake (25 February 2010)
- Malaysia, 156ha of peat fires still burning (19 February 2010)
- Malaysia, Firemen battle several peat fires in Johor (18 February 2010)
- Brunei, A Public Lecture on Tropical Peat Land and their Environmental Importance (01 February 2010)
- Indonesian government report recommends moratorium on peatlands conversion (19 January 2010)
- Indonesia, Stop converting peatlands, govt study recommends (18 January 2010)
- Spain Begins to Flood Park With Peat Fire (10 January 2010)
- Melting Arctic Bogs may Hasten Warming, Study Says (1 December 2004, PDF, 60 KB))
- Indonesia / United Kingdom: Borneo is burning (Nature Vol. 432, 11 November 2004; PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Indonesia Peat Fires may Fuel Global Warming, Experts say (11 November 2004)
- Good news for the Peatswamp Forests of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia (8 November 2004)
- Indonesia, Germany to sign US$60m debt swap deal (8 November 2004)
- Massive peat burn is speeding climate change (03 November 2004)
- Researchers find frozen north may accelerate climate change (12 October 2004)
- Peat bogs harbour carbon time bomb (7 July 2004)
- Peat: A Cheap and Renewable Fuel (Mother Earth News Issue No. 31 – January/February 1975)
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