The UNFF serves as a body under the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and aims to support the goals of the International Arrangement on Forests (IAF) and to advance other international forest-related instruments, processes, commitments, and goals. At the forum’s opening ceremony, Juliette Biao, Director of the UNFF Secretariat, said the world currently faces…
When volunteer firefighter Marlizar noticed smoke billowing over a quarter-hectare of peatland while on a routine patrol in 2019, he dispatched his colleague to their base in Riau province’s Teluk Maranti village, seven kilometres away, and faced the fire alone. As Marlizar’s colleague sped off to retrieve a clunky hose unit, the 42-year-old attempted to beat back…
18 people died as the forest fires in Greece went out of control. According to foreign media, officials say that bodies have been found in the fire-affected areas, the victims of the tragedy were possibly displaced people. Officials further say that the bodies of all the people were recovered from the border area of Turkey….
As a result of a large-scale fire in the forests of Algeria due to the ongoing heat wave in North Africa, 34 people were killed and many people were injured due to burns. According to a foreign media report, 34 people were killed and dozens were injured in a forest fire in Algeria due to…
2 Canadian firefighters died while fighting forest fires. More than 500 fires in Canada’s forests are out of control. According to the British media from Ottawa, the army has been deployed to control the fire, firefighters from other countries have also been called. British media also say that 2 Canadian firefighters died while extinguishing the…
Photo courtesy of Foreign Media A forest fire on the Spanish island of La Palma has gone out of control. According to the Spanish authorities, 13 houses were destroyed by the fire, while 4 thousand people have been evacuated from the villages of La Palma. Spanish authorities have said that 300 firefighters, planes and helicopters…
Photo courtesy of Twitter Details of the struggle for survival of 4 young children, including an infant, have emerged after 40 days in the dangerous Amazon jungle in Colombia. According to foreign media, these children were victims of a plane crash in the south of the country and the mother of these children survived for…
Photo courtesy of Twitter Four young children, including an infant, have been miraculously found alive after 40 days in the Amazon jungle in Colombia. According to foreign media, these children were victims of a plane crash in the south of the country. According to foreign media, the surviving children are 11 months, 4, 9 and…
File photo The forest fires in the Canadian province of Quebec have gone out of control, burning an area of about 3.8 million hectares. According to foreign media, around 11,400 people have been evacuated to a safe place while another 4,000 people are still being evacuated. According to reports, the air of Ontario, Ottawa and…
US President Joe Biden. File photo US President Joe Biden has offered Canada help in fighting forest fires. According to a foreign news agency, the White House has said that US President Joe Biden has telephoned Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. According to the White House, President Joe Biden has offered the Prime Minister of…
