No. 53 January-March, 1998
Learning activity 2
Click on the following statements if they are TRUE.
Joko Waluyo went to the field alone to conduct research on forest fires.
According to J.W. El Nino is not one of the major causes of the fires.
According to J.W. El Nino is one of the major causes of the fires.
According to J.W. the fires are caused by a mixture of human and natural causes.
According to J.W. the fires are almost exclusively the result of human activity.
Small scale farmers are the scape goat for the fires.
Every year there are fires in the forests.
The top soil in tropical rainforests is easily eroded by the wind.
The press in Indonesia has given a lot of media attention to the fires.
Walhi opened special information posts in the affected areas.