FOREST FIRE AND SMOG: A POTRAIT ‘MIS MANAGEMENT’ NATURAL RESOURCES IN PEATLAND AREA

RIKO KURNIAWAN

EKSEKUTIFDAERAH

Role of civil society in addressing fires

INVESTMENT GREEDY LAND-BASED

UNTIL2014 : 2 UNIT MILL PULP AND PAPERS WITH CAPACITIES PRODUCTION OF 4

MILLION TONS/YEARS; NEES RAW MATERIAL 17,9 MILLIONS TON.

Expantions of large wood timber industries

Riau Has 2,1 millions hectares wood planttaions, 819.955 hectare area in and

Peatlands.

Ambition to want biggest Palm oil Producer

In 2014 Riau has 3,1 million heactares Palm oil plantations

25% of Total Palm oil Plantation Indonesia in Riau

Province.

39 % area Palm oil Plantation in Peatlands 55% in deep

peatland more than 3 metres

APP: 679,424 haAPRIL: 697,400 haNot Known 545,323 ha

Total area Riau Mainland is 8,9 million hectares , 16 % own by 2 person .Together with the other 20 people they are own 46 % of Riau Lands with concession Palm oil and acacia plantation.

45% areal acacia plantation (wood concession) in deep peatlands

This violate Indonesia regulation Kepres Nomor 32/1990About protect it area peatland more than 3 metres

81 palm oil plantation concession (425 thousand hectares)in area deep peatland.

Forest concesion

24%

Large of Palm oil

plantation 22%

Smallholder palm oil plantation

23%agriculture8%

HTI KEBUN

POLITIC Forest Sector and the others Extractive Natural Resources will be Fresh

money by the Parleament and leader government to put the easy permit

PRAKTEK PEMBIARANPemerintah cenderung membiarkan konflik dan penurunan kualitas

lingkungan di Riau sehingga menimbulkan banyak masalah baru. Tidak

sekalipun Pemerintah mengeluarkan pernyataan ataupun sikap atas

Kerusakan Sumber daya alam di negeri ini

The Impact Forest Fire and haze in 2015

5,973

6,870

8,396

23,094

11,118

4,095

5,652

10,920

4,117

6,624

7,840

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5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Almost 5,1 million people who live in Riau Province withdangerous the air (quality the air monitoring indicateddangerous) iaround 4 month

70 % the school in Riau is closed around 40 days, airportclosed around 55 days, 87.000 the children is injured in hospital and 7 people (5 children and 2 adult) died causedthe haze

WHAT THE CIVIL SOCIETY DO? LESSON FROM RIAU PROVINCE

Role of civil society in addressing fires

• MONITORING REGULARLY IN THE FIELD WHAT HAPPEN? EYES ON THE

FOREST WWW.EYESONTHEFOREST.OR.ID (COALITION NGOS WALHI RIAU,

JIKALAHARI, WWF) FOR THE CASE IN 2013- 2014 WE REPORT TO POLICE

AND GOVERNMENT ABOUT 62 COMPANIES WHO LAND FOREST FIRE AND

12 SUSPECT AND 3 BRING TO THE COURT. 2015 WE REPORT 35

COMPANIES AND 18 SUSPECT

• MONITORING THE COURT THE CASE FOREST FIRE AND CORRUPTION IN THE

SECTOR NATURAL RESOURCES (WWW.RCT.OR.ID)

• PROMOTING THE PEOPLE KNOWLEDGE AND LOCAL WISDOM TO PROTECT

AND MANAGE THEIR LAND (WALHI WORK WITH THE TEBING TINGGI

ISLAND WHO THEP EOPLE LIVE IN PEATLAND AREA AND THE PEOPLE

LIVELIHOOD WITH SAGO)

MABUHAY