Forest fire area in West Kalimantan reaches 1,360 times the size of Monas

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Adi Ahdiat 05/09/2023 16:21 WIB

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According to Sustainable Madani data, from January to August 2023, the indicative area of forest and land fires in West Kalimantan reached 108,791 hectares, approximately 1,360 times the size of the M

Top 10 Indonesian Provinces with the Largest Indicative Areas of Forest and Land Fires (January-August 2023)

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Top 10 Indonesian Provinces with the Largest Indicative Areas of Forest and Land Fires (January-August 2023)

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According to data from Madani Berkelanjutan, the indicative area of forest and land fires (karhutla) in West Kalimantan (Kalbar) reached 108,791 hectares during the January-August 2023 period.

This figure is approximately 1,360 times the area of the National Monument (Monas), which covers 80 hectares.

Besides Kalbar, other provinces with the largest indicative karhutla areas nationally during the January-August 2023 period are South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, East Nusa Tenggara, Papua, East Java, West Nusa Tenggara, East Kalimantan, Riau, and Aceh, as shown in the graph.

Madani Berkelanjutan monitors the extent of karhutla using the Indicative Burned Area (AIT) method, which is an estimation of the area suspected to have a high probability of being burned/currently burning, based on data on the spread of hotspots that have been collected and persist for a relatively long time.

"In the last four years, the comparison of AIT modeling with burn scars released by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) has shown an 82%-97% similarity rate. This means that AIT can be considered quite credible for detecting indications of karhutla more quickly," said the Madani Berkelanjutan team in their report, *The Threat of Karhutla During the El-Nino Phenomenon* (August 2023).

In response to this data, Madani Berkelanjutan provided several recommendations to the Indonesian government, ranging from increasing efforts to prevent and mitigate karhutla in vulnerable areas, prioritizing fire extinguishing in burned peatland areas, to halting the issuance of industrial permits in natural forest and peatland ecosystem areas.

"Karhutla also threatens Indonesia's commitment to reducing emissions, as enshrined in the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and FOLU Net Sink 2030 documents. The government's target of zero karhutla by 2030 is facing a major challenge," they said.

Editor : Adi Ahdiat

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