West Kalimantan Governor Sutarmidji said 5,768.73 hectares of land in the province were burned. It is hoped that the fire will not get wider because it will affect residents' activities.
"Therefore, we certainly do not want forest and land fires (karhutla) to expand and affect community activities. Therefore, all parties must immediately anticipate and participate in handling them," said Sutarmidji in Pontianak as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, August 3.
According to him, the dry season will be quite long. Occurring in the period from July to October 2023. Related to this, it is guided by Regional Regulation No.1 of 2022 concerning the Opening of Local Wisdom-Based Land by the Community, so land clearing needs to be closely guarded and closely monitored by the authorities so that there is no forest and land fires that cause smoke disasters.
To anticipate and prevent and overcome forest and land fires, continued Sutarmidji, more intensive coordination is needed. All stakeholders in West Kalimantan are expected to increase coordination and communication between agencies, both government, apparatus, and private sector.
Specifically for stakeholders at the village/kelurahan level, the Governor of West Kalimantan instructed them to be more aggressive in socializing the handling of forest and land fires and the emergency alert status of the smog disaster due to forest and land fires to the community.
"Don't be aware of the determination of the alert status of forest and land fires in West Kalimantan. Furthermore, we ask all officers, be it firefighters, regional disaster management officers, and Manggala Agni to stay alert and ensure the equipment is ready at all times," he said.
Sutarmidji also explained that West Kalimantan has 2.8 million hectares of peatlands, 80 percent of which are lightly damaged and the rest are heavily and moderately damaged, making it very difficult during the dry season.
"Only more than 1 percent are still very natural, 99 percent have led to minor damage, moderate damage, and severe damage. Let's synergize and care more about our environment not to burn forests and land," he said.
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