Rain Intensity In Indonesia Slopes, KLHK Alerts Karhutla: One Of Them Is Weather Modification In Riau

Illustration of forest and land fires (karhutla).(Antara)

JAKARTA - The intensity of rain in a number of areas in Indonesia began to sag. The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) responded by increasing preparedness to anticipate forest and land fires (karhutla).

Director of Forest and Land Fire Control at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Basar Manullang, said that currently the rainfall, especially in parts of Sumatra, was starting to decrease. Dry conditions with the possibility of May-June 2022 other provinces will experience similar conditions.

"This decrease in rain potential will cause an increase in vulnerability to forest and land fires. So, it is necessary to strengthen the preparedness of the parties concerned to anticipate this. Community participation, especially at the site level, will determine the efforts to prevent forest and land fires," said Basar through the application. order on Tuesday, May 10.

He explained that prevention efforts were still being carried out to anticipate forest and land fires. Launching Antara, one of them is the operation of weather modification technology in the Riau region which will be held on April 14-28 2022. Water bombing and air patrols are also carried out in the area.

Integrated and independent patrols to prevent fires are also carried out by Manggala Agni, Babinsa, Bhabinkamtibmas and the Fire Care Community around five villages prone to forest and land fires in Riau. Socialization also continues to be carried out to the community around the village.

Forest fire control currently focuses on vulnerable areas in Sumatra, namely Riau, South Sumatra, Jambi and North Sumatra, as well as in Kalimantan, namely West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan and North Kalimantan.