Ministry Of Environment And Forestry: Almost 99 Percent Of Forest Fires Are Caused By Humans

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JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry (LHK) Alue Dohong said that the majority of forest and land fires occur due to human behavior and therefore behavior change is needed. "We know that almost 99 percent of our forest and land fires are actually caused by anthropogenic, in other words, by So if nature is only one percent," said Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry Alue in a virtual discussion on handling forest and land fires at the Merdeka Barat 9 Forum, monitored from Jakarta, Monday, May 31. Therefore, one of the measures to prevent forest and land fires needs to be done with awareness of all parties about the impact and danger of forest fires through education and understanding. Alue said all parties must be aware that if forest and land fires occur, the cost to the state is quite large. Whereas the funds can be used for other purposes such as increasing agricultural productivity and smallholder plantations.

Alue also emphasized that the private sector and concessionaires can play a role in preventing forest fires starting from completing prevention tools. The private sector can also carry out routine patrols in the area around the concession in collaboration with the surrounding community. various sectors of life. "Sometimes we focus on producing and so on but when a fire occurs the losses are extraordinary, I think we must prevent this," said Alue. tens of thousands of villages throughout the village are actively patrolling.