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Indonesia orders checks on suspected fires in South Papua
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency calls for field verification of land clearing by fire in forest concessions as hotspots spread across the country.
In brief
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency calls for field verification of land clearing by fire in forest concessions as hotspots spread across the country. Indonesia's disaster agency is ordering on-the-ground checks of suspected fires in South Papua forest concessions to verify land clearing and determine next steps…
BNPB orders field checks on suspected fires
Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency is calling for on-the-ground verification of suspected land clearing by fire in forest concession areas in South Papua.
Forestry minister requests clarification
The verification follows a November fourth letter from the forestry minister to the South Papua governor requesting clarification about land conditions in the province.
Two companies under preliminary scrutiny
BNPB presented preliminary hotspot data for concessions held by PT Merauke Sarjaya and PT Selaras Inti Semesta at a limited meeting on forest and land fire management.
Data needs ground truth before action
BNPB Chief Kristomei Sianturi said the data still require field verification to establish actual conditions and determine follow-up measures within each agency's authority.
“The data still require field verification to establish the actual conditions and determine follow-up measures within each agency's authority”
Fires spread across Indonesia
As of six pm on November eighth, BNPB and NASA recorded two thousand five hundred twenty-nine hotspots and nine hundred seventy-six fire detections.
What to remember
Indonesia's disaster agency is ordering on-the-ground checks of suspected fires in South Papua forest concessions to verify land clearing and determine next steps.
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