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Advancing Environmental Sustainability
Protecting The Forests and Peatland
on forest fire prevention. Additional efforts
could also be deployed to strengthen
enforcement particularly against
recalcitrant corporations that engage in
forest fires including through freezing
assets.
In 2021, KEMITRAAN began
collaborating with the Government,
Kishugu (an international partner from
South Africa focusing on integrated fire
management), the IPB University, UNEP
(United Nations Environment Program)
and USAID through the Strengthening
Indonesian Capacity for Anticipatory Peat
Fire Management (SIAP-IFM) program.
This program seeks to change the focus
from controlling forest and land fires to
preventing them.
The field work for the program has
been concentrated in the districts of
Ogan Komering Ilir in South Sumatra,
Pelalawan in Riau and Pulang Pisau in
Central Kalimantan. Key objectives focus
on preventing fires and managing any
Training for trainers to build The Akhlag well in
Pelalawan, Riau. It is the source of water during fire
but also an effective way to create water stocks in
peatlands and retain soil moisture on dry seasons
that break out in regions by applying a
cluster system engaging local communities
and authorities in developing effective
regulations that enable better forest fire
control.
During 2021 key activities included
conducting a series of workshops and
also training sessions to build the capacity
of stakeholders to design institutional
arrangements for communities to address
their forest fire challenges. By the end of
the year regulations in the three districts
had been drafted and discussed with
relevant stakeholders.
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El Nino weather events usually
produce low levels of rain in Indonesia and
invariably produce higher rates of fires. On
the other hand, regardless of the current
weather patterns, activities related to land
use and land-use change have a significant
impact. Redressing the dangers of forest
fires includes a combination of several
approaches, namely increased patrolling
of forested areas to prevent fires, quick
response to any fires, more aggressive
prosecution of those responsible for
fires, improved management of peatland
ecosystems and seeking permanent
solutions to undermine any incentives that
encourage forest fires.
KEMITRAAN's role in addressing
the challenges of forest fires received
special focus and attention by the
Parliamentary Commission that covers
the environment, forestry and peatlands
(Commission IV). In June 2021 KEMITRAAN
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was invited to share its experiences and
recommendations in dealing with forest
fires. A core message from KEMITRAAN
was the need to invest more effort and
resources in preventing rather than
extinguishing fires. This prevention agenda
could be advanced through such technical
adjustments as establishing a dedicated
budget line for local authorities focused
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KEMITRAAN attending virtual Public Hearing Meeting to
prevent land and fores fires on June 28, 2021
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"The progress of SIAP IFM is quite successful.
KEMITRAAN has the expertise in working together with
the South-South cooperation program and the advisors
from South Africa and UNEP to facilitate this. The
biggest achievement from the program is each district
now has developed a cluster system with integrated fire
management and local government plan. We are hopeful
this system can be replicated in other areas in Indonesia
to prevent land and forest fires."
-Johan Keift
Senior Regional Advisor Asia-Pacific on
Green Economy UNEP
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