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Malaysia To Act Against Haze-Causing Plantations
Malaysia said Tuesday it will take action against four plantations which conducted open burning during the haze crisis that recently choked parts of the country. "We have almost completed our investigations into the four cases while investigations are still ongoing for another 10 cases," environment department director-general Rosnani Ibarahim was quoted as saying by the official Bernama news agency. Most of the smoke and dust that triggered the crisis came from hundreds of fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island, but fires on Malaysian territory also contributed to the pollution. Rosnani declined to reveal the identities of those involved but said they were both small and large concerns located in central Pahang state, northern Perak state and central Selangor. "At the moment, we are still gathering evidence. Once we charge them in court, we will let you know," she said. Malaysian firms operating plantations on Indonesia's Sumatra island have also been accused of conducting open burning responsible for the haze that hung over Malaysia and Thailand this month. They have reportedly denied using slash-and-burn methods and said smallholders on the fringes of their plantations were the culprits. Indonesia's forestry ministry earlier said that eight out of 10 plantation firms accused of burning to clear land for cultivation were Malaysian-owned. The haze this month smothered Kuala Lumpur and surrounding districts as well as the west coast, shutting down the country's biggest port as pollution reached extremely hazardous levels. All rights reserved. � 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse. Related Links TerraDaily Search TerraDaily Subscribe To TerraDaily Express 
Fires Rage Out Of Control Across Portugal
Lisbon (AFP) Aug 23, 2005More than 3,300 firefighters backed by hundreds of vehicles and 38 aircraft and helicopters, including several rushed in from other European countries, struggled to contain dozens of fires across Portugal on Monday.
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