The main cause of haze in Riau came from the slashing and burning of forest areasĭ.
Only children have been hospitalized from severe respiratory illnessĬ. Many people suffered from serious illness because of the hazeī. The research evidence that peat swamps in nature is resistant to fire.Ī. The victims of the forest fire in Sumatra and Kalimantan.ĭ. The worst condition of forest fire in Indonesia.Ĭ. The forest fire and the effect in Indonesiaī. Recent research by forest scientists at the Bogor, West Java-based Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) found that peat swamps in their natural state are resistant to fire because they are wet underground, but they can be highly flammable when they dry out and are degraded.Ī. Put bluntly, companies can no longer convert active forests and deep peat or any peat area into monoculture plantations, such as acacia for pulp and oil palm plantations. According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), the ongoing haze crisis has resulted in more than 500,000 people in six provinces – Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and South Kalimantan – suffering from respiratory infections.Īs evidence indicates that most hot spots are related to oil and palm and pulpwood plantations, President has instructed the Forestry and Environment Ministry to stop issuing new permits for peat land cultivation for monoculture restore damage peat land and review all peat land licenses that have been issued. At least 19 people in Sumatra and Kalimantan have died, and mostly children, have been hospitalized because of severe respiratory illness cause by the haze. The forest and peat land fires and smog, billed the worst in Indonesian history, still dominated media headlines this week, with thousands of hot spots covering Sumatra and Kalimantan. Reading text for questions numbers 7 up to 10.
What do you think will happen if gods or goddesses cannot mingle in the affairs of people in the earth at that time?Ī. So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan.Ĥ. When Princess Teja Nirmala heard this, she was very sad. The fairy could not accept this, so she killed Raden Begawan. When Sang Prabu was searching, Raden Begawan saw him and soon realized that he had been enchanted by the wicked fairy.
Unfortunately, the wicked fairy, Princess Segara fell in love with Raden Begawan and used magic power to render him unconscious and he forgot his wedding. One day Sang Prabu made up his mind to settle the matter by a show of strength.Īfter that, Prince of Blambangan, named Raden Begawan had won the competition. He had an only daughter, called Princess Teja Nirmala, who was famous for her beauty but she was not married. Long, long ago, when the gods and goddesses used to mingle in the affairs of mortals, there was a small kingdom on the slope of Mount Wayang in West Java. The King, named Sang Prabu, was a wise man. Read the reading text to answer questions numbers 4 up to 6.