www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
World / Asia-Pacific

Indonesia considers national emergency over forest fires

(Agencies) Updated: 2015-10-28 09:11

JAKARTA - Indonesia is considering declaring a national emergency over fires that have been smouldering across the archipelago for weeks, sending haze drifting across much of Southeast Asia, the vice president said on Tuesday.

Indonesia considers national emergency over forest fires

People ride motorcycles as haze shrouds the street in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia October 27, 2015 in this picture taken by Antara Foto. Indonesian forest fires that have caused choking smoke to drift across Southeast Asia are spreading to new areas and are unlikely to be put out until next year, experts said on Monday. [Photo/Agencies]

The government would intensify efforts to contain the fires that have caused pollution levels across the region to spike to unhealthy levels, and forced school closures and flight cancellations, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said.

"The problem is too big," Kalla said in an interview at his office in Jakarta.

"We are now considering to," he said, referring to a declaration of an emergency, adding that thousands of troops would be deployed to help combat the fires.

President Joko Widodo is expected to make a decision on the emergency after returning from the United States, Kalla said.

Kalla's comments come just a day after Widodo announced he would cut short his first official trip to the United States to fly directly to the haze-affected areas.

"He will be more focused on domestic problems," Kalla said of the president's decision to cancel his visit to Silicon Valley, where he was expected to discuss investment deals with Apple and Google executives.

The fires, often deliberately set by plantation companies and smallholders, have been burning for weeks in the forests and carbon-rich peat lands of Sumatra and Kalimantan islands.

Recently, they have spread to places like Papua as the El Nino weather phenomenon exacerbates the dry season and hampers firefighting efforts.

An aide to the vice president, Wijayanto Samirin, said elevating the crisis to national emergency status would allow the government to speed up procurement processes for much-needed foreign firefighting equipment.

But he added there were concerns that businesses could use the government action to declare force majeure on deals in sectors ranging from palm oil to banking.

Kalla said about 40 million Indonesians in five provinces had been affected by the haze. The national disaster agency said late on Monday that haze was starting to spread south toward Java island, where over half the country's population lives.

Indonesia has also deployed warships to evacuate infants and other vulnerable residents of haze-hit areas, a minister said last week.

The evacuations will be a last resort, said coordinating security minister Luhut Pandjaitan, if authorities are unable to provide care for those suffering from respiratory diseases.

The last time the country declared a national emergency was when the Indian Ocean tsunami killed more than 100,000 people in 2004.

 

Trudeau visits Sina Weibo
May gets little gasp as EU extends deadline for sufficient progress in Brexit talks
Ethiopian FM urges strengthened Ethiopia-China ties
Yemen's ex-president Saleh, relatives killed by Houthis
Most Popular
Hot Topics

...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 在线观看精品自拍视频 | 九九国产在线视频 | 日本精品视频一区二区三区 | 精品国产香港三级 | 波多野一区二区三区在线 | 亚洲精品人成网在线播放影院 | 亚洲精品欧美精品一区二区 | 亚洲三级在线视频 | 美国毛片aaa在线播放 | 日韩欧美一区二区久久 | 福利视频99 | 精品视频一区二区三三区四区 | 美国毛片免费观看 | 亚洲成人手机在线观看 | 亚洲一区二区精品推荐 | 夜夜骚视频 | 久久91综合国产91久久精品 | 日本69色视频在线观看 | 美女的让男人桶到爽软件 | 国产95在线 | 亚洲 | theav视频在线观看 | 日韩精品中文字幕在线 | 日韩欧美一区二区三区免费看 | 夜色福利久久久久久777777 | 美女黄页网 | 欧美叫床戏做爰无遮挡 | 亚洲男人第一天堂 | 成人18免费视频 | 可以免费看黄色的网站 | 日韩精品观看 | 96精品视频在线播放免费观看 | 欧美亚洲国产日韩一区二区三区 | 9丨精品国产高清自在线看 ⅹxx中国xxx人妖 | 久久女同互慰一区二区三区 | 欧美日韩一级二级三级 | 全国男人天堂网 | 欧美一级欧美一级在线播放 | 国产午夜在线观看视频播放 | 免费一级毛片在线播放放视频 | 女人一级一级毛片 | 九九国产在线视频 |