Farm Fire Prevention Efforts by the Village Farmers Group Rasau General Jaya Jaya Sub District Rasau Kubu Raya Simak Baca secara fonetik

Land and forest fires in Indonesia, occur every year although the frequency, intensity and extent of their area is different. Most large fires occurred in 1997/1998 and was first declared a national disaster. The negative impact caused by land and forest fires large enough to cover ecological damage, reduced biodiversity, reduced the economic value of forest and soil productivity, climate change and global micro, smoke disrupt public health, and disrupt transportation on land, river, sea and air. This is clearly disturbing social and economic activities of society, nation and state. Especially for West Kalimantan alone, the loss caused by land and forest fires with an area of forest burned about 34 thousand ha and the land / garden almost 20 thousand ha, predicted more than Rp.142 billion (Subarjo, et al, 2006).
Land and forest fires that hit Indonesia, including West Kalimantan since 1997 until now is a big disaster for the environment and socioeconomic conditions. However, no one really understands the underlying causes of these fires. Forestry Office of West Kalimantan, for example, blamed the shifting cultivators as the cause of fires in West Kalimantan. On the other hand, the environmentalists said that fires that occur as a result of forest management and land poor. Then the public, especially farmers blame the government for fires, environmental organizations blame the companies and plantation timber.
In addition, the West Kalimantan Provincial Health Office reported in 2000, 20% of the total population of the city of Pontianak affected Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) and in July through September 2002, has recorded 23 244 people suffering from respiratory infection due to the impact of smoke haze (Subarjo, et al , 2006).
Land and forest fires have placed Indonesia as the largest country in the donated-3 Carbon Dioxide emissions (CO2) after the United States and China. Meanwhile, according to the Kyoto Protocol, CO2 is one of the other greenhouse gases, CH4 (methane) and N2O are the largest contributor to global warming.

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