KLHK Anticipates Forest And Land Fires With Systematic And Permanent Handling

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The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) stated that it continues to anticipate forest and land fires (karhutla) with various systematic and permanent handling.

"Because forest and land fires often occur, our efforts are continuous. This means that we do not carry out handling only during fires," said the Director General of Climate Change Control of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Laksmi D animal in FMB9: Anticipation of Forest and Land Fires reported by ANTARA, Monday, June 19.

Laksmi said that in 2023, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry has held a special coordination meeting chaired by the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, to predict the weather and dry season as well as anticipate the potential for forest and land fires.

During the meeting, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) which was present also reminded all parties about the weather situation in Indonesia, as well as updating information about climate change and weather from time to time.

Through this updated information, coordination went well, especially when the KLHK and BMKG took precautions.

One of them is through monitoring the hotspots from the data collected, to ascertain whether the point identified in the absolute system of fire or just reflections of sunlight on the zinc belonging to local residents.

"If the confidence level or the confidence level is more than 80 percent, we will immediately extinguish the land and if necessary, we will extinguish the air. So, we do this continuously in line with climate development and weather," said Laksmi.

This has led to a downward trend in cases in recent times. Based on the recapitulation of the SIPONGI KLHK data, the area of forest and land fires in Indonesia, which in 2019 reached 1,649,258 hectares, in 2022 it will decrease to 204,894 hectares.

Laksmi stated that the ongoing response was also strengthened by Indonesia's participation in the ASEANagrement on Transboundary Haze Pollution forum, which discussed the commitment of ASEAN countries to prevent land and forest fires.

Indonesia has ratified potential for fires that often occur in the country's border areas.

"With the framework of this ASEANAgreement, Indonesia and other ASEAN countries are also collaborating to prevent forest and land fires in their respective areas, so that there is no traffic jam," he said.

As for a number of other Ministry of Environment and Forestry's efforts, Laksmi explained in order to prevent forest and land fires, namely in the form of strengthening climate and weather analysis to ensure the phenomenon of El Nino and La Nina.

Furthermore, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry carried out operationalization in the field with independent patrols carried out by forest fires in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, intensifying integrated patrols with officials, district/city governments, the TNI/Polri and the community as well as landscape management.