100,000 deaths due to forest fires in Indonesia: study

[Jlaw]

Indonesia dismisses study showing forest fire haze killed more than 100,000 peopl. Authorities from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore have rejected recent research on the number of early deaths caused by last year’s fires.

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...rest-fire-haze-killed-more-than-100000-people

indonesia can dismiss the study but doesn't make it not true

 

[pr1v4t33r]

Anyone can agree to the study, but that doesn't make it true either.

 

[Nike]

err, got 1,9 millions square kilos and quarter billions peoples, we still hold good ratio between arable land and total population

 

[skyhigh88]

indonesia can dismiss the study but doesn't make it not true

Not only Indonesia but also Singapore and Malaysian authrorities dont agree with the research..



"In Indonesia, a spokesman for the country’s disaster mitigation agency said the research “could be baseless or they have the wrong information”.

"Singapore’s Ministry of Health said short-term exposure to haze will generally not cause serious health problems. The study was “not reflective of the actual situation”, it said, and the overall death rate hadn’t changed last year."

"In Malaysia, health minister Subramaniam Sathasivam said officials are still studying the research, which is “computer-generated, not based on hard data”. “People have died but to what extent the haze contributed to it, it’s hard to say,” he said."



The haze was bad but if 100k people just dropped dead im pretty sure no one will or can hide it.


Slash and burn is still a common practice in the world but in Indonesia's case we just got very unlucky because of the El Niño

 

[oprih]

So irresponsible of the indonesians, because of their lack of consideration to their environment other countries are suffering.

 

[lcloo]

I don't mind if Indonesian authority put those responsible into jails, regardless of their nationalities. This forest and plantation burning has been going on every year since early 1990s......

Just cannot understand why after more than 20 years later, it still can't be stopped.

 

[70U63]

Been talking about these issues for years, yet everyone who are in power don't really give a shit, no effective solution has been proposed.
All only focus on their short term interest and secure their political power.
The people (majority) are even worst, don't care about their environment, that's why we don't see many high scale protest regarding these issue (which directly affect their health and future generations).

 

[Nilgiri]

@Shotgunner51 @ahojunk please look at some of the language in this thread. Thanks!

@waz @WAJsal @Hu Songshan

 

[Shotgunner51]

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@ahojunk @Hu Songshan can you help? I am busy at the moment.


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