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WWF Indonesian urges govt to focus on disaster prevention
(JP)World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia advises Indonesian government to amend the national regulations to focus more on the prevention than the mitigation of disasters
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia advises Indonesian government to amend the national regulations to focus more on the prevention than the mitigation of disasters.
'Preventive regulations are of great importance, because in cases like forest fires, mitigation would be harder once fires have spread,' WWF CEO Efransjah told thejakartapost.com in an event on Wednesday.
As a nature conservancy organization, which also focuses on protecting animals, WWF is concerned with how forest fires have spread into national parks, including Tanjung Puting National Park that includes some of the last remaining habitat for orangutans.
According to Efransjah, if forest fires kept spreading, sooner or later more orangutans would become victims. The haze disaster would probably deliver worse impacts for animals than for humans.
However, WWF could not fully focus on helping animals affected by haze right now as the organization's main concern today focused on evacuating WWF field staffs who are trapped in the haze-affected regions.
'There are more than 50 staffs dispersed in three provinces in Kalimantan. Some have evacuated from Palangkarya to Banjarmasin. We could not send them here due to thick haze,' said Efransjah, adding that some staffs have suffered from acute respiratory infections.
In addition, Efransjah said that after everything had been settled, WWF would conduct a comprehensive study regarding the impact of haze on animals in Indonesia. (dan)
