Abstract
During the last semester of 2019, Indonesia was hit by major forest and land fires in Sumatera and Kalimantan. The culprit of a large number of smokes were palm oil cultivation lands. This study uses data collected from Aqua and Terra satellite of Nasa to visualize the hotspots’ severity, causing some provinces to become smoky. The severe hotspots were located on Riau, West Kalimantan, and Central Kalimantan through visualization density. The hotspots detected in this study vary from 300 to 468 degrees Fahrenheit, shown by the brightness of visualized colors on the map. This study also found that the forest and land forest fires have reached its peak during August 2019.
Highlights
During the last semester of 2019, Indonesia was hit by major forest and land fires in Sumatera and Kalimantan
The central government must start thinking about regulations that can prevent forest and land fires, both preventively and repressively. How can this data be used for further insight and development of experiments? The data used in this study can be analyzed through other advanced methods to map the exact spatial patterns of forest and land fires over a period of time
The data earned from Global Forest Watch is in coordinate points of every forest owned by local corporations
Summary
During the last semester of 2019, Indonesia was hit by major forest and land fires in Sumatera and Kalimantan. For Oil palm plantation management, which requires an extensive area of land. Indonesia’s central or local governments can use this data to avoid loss of rainforest. It is possible for the government to know the specific locations and times where forest and land fires are most likely to occur. The central government must start thinking about regulations that can prevent forest and land fires, both preventively and repressively. How can this data be used for further insight and development of experiments? The government will always promote sustainable ways of cultivating oil palm and punish irresponsible companies. Make it easier to prove companies that carry out forest and land fires
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