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

RIKO KURNIAWAN

EKSEKUTIF DAERAH

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 ProducerIn 2014 Riau has 3,1 million heactares

Palm oil plantations25% 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 peatlandsThis violate Indonesia regulation Kepres Nomor 32/1990 About protect it area peatland more than 3 metres81 palm oil plantation concession (425 thousand hectares) in area deep peatland.

Forest concesion24%

Large of Palm oil plantation 22%

Smallholder palm oil

plantation23%

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

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 -

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

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

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

WHAT THE CIVIL SO CIETY DO ? LESSON FRO M RIAU PROVIN CE

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)

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