Causal Explanation of Indonesian Forest Fires: Concepts, Applications, and Research Priorities

Vayda, Andrew P.

doi:10.1007/s10745-006-9029-x

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“…SEA weather phenomena impact aerosol lifecycle and, as discussed in the next section, the observability of the aerosol system. The human element (Vayda, 2006), including how anthropogenic activities such as biomass burning co-vary with meteorology, must also be considered.…”

Section: Southeast Asia Meteorology and Related Satellite Productsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Lasting negative precipitation anomalies result in an increase in flammability of fuels across the spectrum, as well as the draining of peatlands. Peatlands drained of moisture are, at some critical tipping point, ignited accidentally by adjacent agricultural maintenance fires, or deliberately for (frequently illegal) forest conversion fires Vayda, 2006;Miettinen et al, 2011a,b). These peatland fires cannot be easily extinguished except by flooding; they last for days, weeks, or perhaps months at varying combustion rates until the rainy season starts .…”

Section: Observed Fire Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Observing and understanding the Southeast Asian aerosol system by remote sensing: An initial review and analysis for the Seven Southeast Asian Studies (7SEAS) program

Reid¹,

Hyer²,

Johnson

et al. 2013

Atmospheric Research

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Section: Southeast Asia Meteorology and Related Satellite Productsmentioning

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Section: Observed Fire Patternsmentioning

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Observing and understanding the Southeast Asian aerosol system by remote sensing: An initial review and analysis for the Seven Southeast Asian Studies (7SEAS) program

Reid¹,

Hyer²,

Johnson

et al. 2013

Atmospheric Research

290

264

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“…viewed as the dominant driver of burned area (Stolle and Lambin, 2003;Vayda, 2006;Hansen et al, 2009;Miettinen et al, 2011). Often in drought years, these fires further burn into peatlands with high fractional smoldering emissions and little means of control.…”

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“…However, it must be recognized that the meteorology of the MC has interconnecting influences among all of the above meteorological scales. Adding perhaps the largest and most complex layer is the human element (Vayda, 2006) and how anthropogenic activities covary with the above meteorology.…”

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Multi-scale meteorological conceptual analysis of observed active fire hotspot activity and smoke optical depth in the Maritime Continent

Reid¹,

Xian²,

Hyer³

et al. 2012

Atmos. Chem. Phys.

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Abstract. Much research and speculation exists about the meteorological and climatological impacts of biomass burning in the Maritime Continent (MC) of Indonesia and Malaysia, particularly during El Nino events. However, the MC hosts some of the world's most complicated meteorology, and we wish to understand how tropical phenomena at a range of scales influence observed burning activity. Using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) derived active fire hotspot patterns coupled with aerosol data assimilation products, satellite based precipitation, and meteorological indices, the meteorological context of observed fire prevalence and smoke optical depth in the MC are examined. Relationships of burning and smoke transport to such meteorological and climatic factors as the interannual El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), El Nino Modoki, Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), the seasonal migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone, the 30–90 day Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO), tropical waves, tropical cyclone activity, and diurnal convection were investigated. A conceptual model of how all of the differing meteorological scales affect fire activity is presented. Each island and its internal geography have different sensitivities to these factors which are likely relatable to precipitation patterns and land use practices. At the broadest scales as previously reported, we corroborate ENSO is indeed the largest factor. However, burning is also enhanced by periods of El Nino Modoki. Conversely, IOD influences are unclear. While interannual phenomena correlate to total seasonal burning, the MJO largely controls when visible burning occurs. High frequency phenomena which are poorly constrained in models such as diurnal convection and tropical cyclone activity also have an impact which cannot be ignored. Finally, we emphasize that these phenomena not only influence burning, but also the observability of burning, further complicating our ability to assign reasonable emissions.

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“…Event ecology is a method of explaining the mechanism causing changes in human-environment interactions by analyzing specific contexts and events that are related to these changes [26,27]. There is no presupposition in event ecology theory.…”

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The Change Mechanism of Human-Environment Interactions from the Perspective of Contextualization: A Case Study of the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces as a World Cultural Heritage Site

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Abstract:The importance of special contexts and historical contingency in explaining the mechanism of human-environment interactions is being increasingly emphasized by human geographers. However, their studies lack appropriate theories and an operational framework to apply a "contextualization" epistemology to explain human-environment interactions. Based on the theory of event ecology, this study establishes a new framework and illustrates it by presenting a case study of the world heritage site of the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces (HHRT). This case study demonstrates that in the HHRT, although it is overwhelmingly believed that the sharp increase in the numbers of restaurants and hotels resulted in increased water usage and, consequently, a decreased amount of water for irrigation, in fact, the dry local terraces were mainly caused by continuously decreased precipitation, the planting of water-consuming crops in forests and deforestation in recent years. These factors were not objectively considered primarily because the unbalanced opportunities for residents to participate in tourism led to significant conflicts in the local community. Thus, the locals exaggerated the contribution of tourism to the dry terraces because they wanted the outsiders pay more attention to these conflicts. This study suggests that the new research framework can effectively avoid presupposition and presumption caused by the prior cognition among researchers and local people to objectively recognize the causes of changes in human-environment interactions. In addition, this study demonstrates that it is necessary to analyze the mechanism for changes in human-environment interactions in detail from the perspectives of local political, economic, and social contexts to enhance the sustainable development of cultural landscape heritage sites.

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Causal Explanation of Indonesian Forest Fires: Concepts, Applications, and Research Priorities

Cited by 34 publications

References 43 publications

Observing and understanding the Southeast Asian aerosol system by remote sensing: An initial review and analysis for the Seven Southeast Asian Studies (7SEAS) program

Observing and understanding the Southeast Asian aerosol system by remote sensing: An initial review and analysis for the Seven Southeast Asian Studies (7SEAS) program

Multi-scale meteorological conceptual analysis of observed active fire hotspot activity and smoke optical depth in the Maritime Continent

The Change Mechanism of Human-Environment Interactions from the Perspective of Contextualization: A Case Study of the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces as a World Cultural Heritage Site

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