Five Help Fight Forest Fires

July 3, 2007

A TWO-day meeting in Jambi involving five countries has agreed moves as an effort to handle the haze disaster triggered by land and forest fires in Indonesia. The five countries include Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Thailand, and Indonesia.

Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar said yesterday that the first step in the cooperation agreement is to inform plantation companies and the people not to clear land by burning. “The meeting pr

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