Forest and land fires are among the major catastrophic events that occur in Indonesia. They are a major cause of deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions. Their multiple sources are most diverse and root in nature and society. The immediate fire effects directly and the long-term
landscape ecosystem degradations indirectly cause major and persisting and serious problems of public health and ecosystem service. Smoke haze from the forest and land fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan in 2015 caused significant environmental and economic losses in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia.
We describe the different types of land uses and land cover where fires and smoke haze took place, and how local politics have affected fire use from 2001 to 2017. We calculated hot spots from satellite imageries as proxies for fire occurrences and applied regression analysis to understand
the link between fire and local politics in Sumatra and Kalimantan. The results show that the greatest frequency of hot spots occurred in wood and oil palm plantations and logging concessions (47%), followed by conservation areas (31%) and community land (22%). Local elections involve land
transactions, and fires were used as a cheap way to increase the land value. The use of fire as means of land clearing was strongly influenced by local politics. Their frequency and abundance obviously increased about a year prior to local elections. The reasons behind the correlation need
to be understood so that appropriate incentives and sanctions can be put in place and deter political leaders from using fire as an incentive to their advantage.
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) merupakan kelompok donor informal dari 41 donor dunia baik sektor swasta maupun masyarakat yang dibentuk guna mendukung jaringan kerja 16 lembaga penelitian pertanian internasional. Sistem CGIAR didirikan pada tahun 1971, di mana CIFOR merupakan anggota terbaru, adalah bagian dari sistem penelitian pertanian global yang menerapkan solusi ilmiah bagi permasalahan yang dihadapi oleh masyarakat yang tidak mampu di seluruh dunia. CIFOR CIFOR dibentuk di bawah Sistem CGIAR sebagai tanggapan terhadap keprihatinan dunia akan konsekuensi sosial, lingkungan dan ekonomi yang disebabkan oleh kerusakan dan kepunahan hutan. Kegiatan penelitian dilakukan melalui kerjasama kemitraan dengan perorangan dan lembaga penelitian di negara-negara berkembang dan maju. Sifat dan lamanya kerjasama ini ditentukan oleh kajian masalah yang sedang dihadapi. Agenda penelitian ini selalu dikaji ulang dan dapat berubah sewaktu-waktu jika mitra kerja CIFOR menemukan masalah dan kesempatan baru.
Land use changes greatly affect the value of ecosystem services. This study aims to analyse the sensitivity of ecosystem services especially food provisioning, affected by land use changes in Bogor Regency. The method used is visual interpretation and manual digitization of Indonesian Topographic Map (RBI) and the SPOT-7 with a resolution of 1.5 meters. The sensitivity assessment of ecosystem services is carried out through analytical hierarchy process (AHP). The results of the study showed that there was a changing in land use of 8.31% in the period 2000 to 2017. Forests area to be the most significant changes contribute 1.86%. Changes in land use are influenced by regional development and population growth, so that conversion of land use occurs massively at some point. Regulatory and supply functions are the most sensitive elements of ecosystem services to land use changes. Conversion of water catchment area causes a decrease in soil infiltration capacity and triggers erosion. This phenomenon leads to land degradation and natural disasters.
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