Attention, BBMKG Alerts Forest Fire Alerts In Bali

JAKARTA - The Center for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BBMKG) Region III Denpasar issued an early warning on forest and land fires (karhutla) in the Bali region because the dry season is estimated until September 8.

Head of BBMKG Region III Cahyo Nugroho in Denpasar, Sunday, explained that during that period in the Bali region there was the potential for low rainfall, which was less than 50 millimeters per 10 days.

"This low rainfall condition can result in an increase in opportunities for forest and land fires or agricultural land drought," he said.

His party then gave the early warning to a number of regions, including Bali, so that they could be mitigated by local governments (Pemda) and the community.

Based on the BBMKG mapping, most areas in Buleleng Regency and Karangasem Regency have entered the dry season and have not rained for more than 30 days.

The only sub-district in Karangasem Regency that is included in the status of Beware of drought is Kubu District.

Meanwhile, a fire in the forest area occurred at the Mount Batur Nature Tourism Park in Bangli Regency, Bali, on Saturday, September 2.

Head of the Emergency Division of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Bangli Agus Sutapa explained that the fire hit a forest area of about eight or the equivalent of 0.8 hectares which occurred at 15.30 WITA and the fire was extinguished at 20.00 WITA by the joint team.

Drought is thought to be the cause of the fire because the source of the fire came from the bottom of the volcanic slope as high as 1,717 meters above sea level.

Based on data from the Bali Provincial Government (Pemprov) through One Data Indonesia, it is stated that the forest area on the Island of the Gods in 2020 has the most protected forests reaching 96,687.86 hectares, the largest in Jembrana and Buleleng Regencies.

Then limited production forests reached 6,904.37 hectares, production forests remained covering an area of 2,013.07 hectares, production forests that can be converted to 169.85 hectares, reserve an area of 1,004.40 hectares, national parks covering an area of 19,026.97 hectares, natural tourism parks covering an area of 4,461.30 hectares, and highway parks covering an area of 1,158.08 hectares.