Addressing Persistent Forest and Land Fires in Indonesia : Institutional and Expenditure Review of Fire Management

Indonesia has experienced two major forest and land fire events in the past five years. According to government data, the 2015 and 2019 fire episodes led to the burning of around 2.6 million hectares and 1.6 million hectares,1 respectively. The fir...

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spelling okr-10986-357572021-08-11T05:10:29Z Addressing Persistent Forest and Land Fires in Indonesia : Institutional and Expenditure Review of Fire Management World Bank FOREST MANAGEMENT FIRE PREVENTION FIRE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE LOCAL FIRE CLUSTER SUBNATIONAL GOVERNANCE Indonesia has experienced two major forest and land fire events in the past five years. According to government data, the 2015 and 2019 fire episodes led to the burning of around 2.6 million hectares and 1.6 million hectares,1 respectively. The fires and the resulting haze in 2019 led to significant negative economic impacts and direct damage to assets and losses to Indonesia’s infrastructure, and to its agriculture, industry, trade, tourism, transportation, health, and environmental sectors. Unlike the wildfires in boreal forests of North America, land-based fires in Indonesia are man-made. Fire episodes recur annually because fire is considered as the cheapest method to prepare lands for cultivation, or to claim lands in areas with conflict, where landownership is uncertain, and where enforcement is weak. Without measures to control land burning, fires can spread uncontrollably, especially during extended dry seasons induced by climate patterns. When fires burned drained carbon-rich peatlands, they release greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change. This report discusses elements critical to developing an IFM strategy in Indonesia, including the identification and analysis of: (1) fire-prone locations, (2) major drivers of fires, (3) central government institutions with mandates linked to drivers of fires, (4) program framework and related spending on fire management, and (5) the role of local institutions and an (‘cluster-based’) integrated approach at the landscape level. 2021-06-15T17:05:33Z 2021-06-15T17:05:33Z 2021-02-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/229951623303754595/Addressing-Persistent-Forest-and-Land-Fires-in-Indonesia-Institutional-and-Expenditure-Review-of-Fire-Management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35757 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Public Environmental Expenditure Review East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic FOREST MANAGEMENT
FIRE PREVENTION
FIRE MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
LOCAL FIRE CLUSTER
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNANCE
spellingShingle FOREST MANAGEMENT
FIRE PREVENTION
FIRE MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
LOCAL FIRE CLUSTER
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNANCE
World Bank
Addressing Persistent Forest and Land Fires in Indonesia : Institutional and Expenditure Review of Fire Management
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Indonesia
description Indonesia has experienced two major forest and land fire events in the past five years. According to government data, the 2015 and 2019 fire episodes led to the burning of around 2.6 million hectares and 1.6 million hectares,1 respectively. The fires and the resulting haze in 2019 led to significant negative economic impacts and direct damage to assets and losses to Indonesia’s infrastructure, and to its agriculture, industry, trade, tourism, transportation, health, and environmental sectors. Unlike the wildfires in boreal forests of North America, land-based fires in Indonesia are man-made. Fire episodes recur annually because fire is considered as the cheapest method to prepare lands for cultivation, or to claim lands in areas with conflict, where landownership is uncertain, and where enforcement is weak. Without measures to control land burning, fires can spread uncontrollably, especially during extended dry seasons induced by climate patterns. When fires burned drained carbon-rich peatlands, they release greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change. This report discusses elements critical to developing an IFM strategy in Indonesia, including the identification and analysis of: (1) fire-prone locations, (2) major drivers of fires, (3) central government institutions with mandates linked to drivers of fires, (4) program framework and related spending on fire management, and (5) the role of local institutions and an (‘cluster-based’) integrated approach at the landscape level.
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title Addressing Persistent Forest and Land Fires in Indonesia : Institutional and Expenditure Review of Fire Management
title_short Addressing Persistent Forest and Land Fires in Indonesia : Institutional and Expenditure Review of Fire Management
title_full Addressing Persistent Forest and Land Fires in Indonesia : Institutional and Expenditure Review of Fire Management
title_fullStr Addressing Persistent Forest and Land Fires in Indonesia : Institutional and Expenditure Review of Fire Management
title_full_unstemmed Addressing Persistent Forest and Land Fires in Indonesia : Institutional and Expenditure Review of Fire Management
title_sort addressing persistent forest and land fires in indonesia : institutional and expenditure review of fire management
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url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/229951623303754595/Addressing-Persistent-Forest-and-Land-Fires-in-Indonesia-Institutional-and-Expenditure-Review-of-Fire-Management
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