Abstract
Forest fire is one of environmental problem happens in Central Kalimantan. The fire does not only damage the forest ecosystem and biodiversity but also threaten the health and socio-economic of local people. Forest fire in Central Kalimantan is widely known as human-made, such as the process of shifting cultivation and land clearing. The expansion of forest into palm oil plantation is often blamed as the cause of forest fire since the forest clearing involves a massive amount of fires. Therefore, this study aims to explore whether the existence of palm oil cultivation contributes to the occurrence of forest fires. We used satellite imagery of hotspot, and overlay it with the land use data to generate the fire risk zone map using geographic information system (GIS) method. Through the map, the risk of fire can be monitored in advance to help the fire authority provide the act of mitigation. The result of this study suggested that risk mapping is vital for forest fire management to mitigate the spread of forest fire. The region to be fire-prone within the palm oil cultivation is suggested to form a preventive act through active forest-fires monitoring. In sum, this study is expected to provide a map of forest fires' risk around the cultivation area, mainly palm oil plantation, and help the fire authorities as well as stakeholders to identify the risk zone for fires prevention in the future.
Highlights
Forest and land fires are annual events that occur in various provinces in Indonesia
The objective of this study is to develop and produce a forest fire disaster map on plantation areas to respond faster to the potential hazard in Central Kalimantan using geographic information systems (GIS)
This study provides an analysis of forest resource governance, including land and resource tenure, in Central Kalimantan, focusing in particular on the area of palm oil cultivation
Summary
Forest and land fires are annual events that occur in various provinces in Indonesia. One of the provinces that experienced vast forest and land fires since the early 1990s is Central Kalimantan. The province faces the increased rates of deforestation from the excessive chop-down of trees and utilizes fires to clear up the forest area into plantation [3]. The condition of forest fires in Central Kalimantan has to elevate annual haze and smoke disaster for the last three decades. It has been causing a severe environmental problem in Central Kalimantan and damaging the source of local livelihood. Despite the anti-fire regional policy for forest clearance, the ecological degradation, and smoke disaster remains to threaten the forests and peatland underneath
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