Indonesia has sustained annual forest fires since the 1990s related to land clearing activities
for agriculture. The Indonesian Government has made substantial efforts to resolve annual …

This study is an analysis of the main criteria and indicators utilised in strengthening local
institutions in charge of forest management towards dealing with forest fire incidents in Riau …

Wildfires in tropical rainforests and especially peat fires have abundant and wide-ranging
negative effects on the economy, ecology and human health. Indonesia has large areas of …

Wildfires, including on carbon-rich peatlands, continue to haunt Indonesia every dry season.
They have disastrous health, economic, environmental, and climate consequences. As a key …

Fire in the wet tropical climate of Indonesia is not a new phenomenon. The 'Great Fire of
Borneo'in 1982-83 was one of the worst fire events in recent decades. Small holders …

Fires in Indonesia: Causes, Cots and Policy Implications Page 1 CIFOR Occasional Paper
No. 38 C enterfor I nternational F orestry R esearch rch Fires in Indonesia: Causes, Costs and …

Forests are the source of community life. In recent years the problem of natural disasters in
forest fires (Kerhutla) in two provinces in Kalimantan and Sumatra has been very detrimental …

Wildfires in Indonesia are an annual phenomenon which peak in dry El Nino years, with up
to 2.6 million ha of forest and land burnt in the drought year of 2015. This is an annual …

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Indonesia experienced extensive fires during 1997–1998 that burned vast tracts of forest
and forestland, especially on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. These forest and land fires …