Fire prevention community engagement – The fire free village program

Authors:
Craig Tribolet and Sailal Arimi

Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress

Venue:
Kuching

Keywords:
fire-free-village, fire-management, fire-prevention

Documentfile:
ipc16p348-351a427triboletarimi.pdf

Summary:

SUMMARY

Fire and smoke haze are issues high on the agenda currently largely as a result of catastrophic fires in 2015,associated with one of the strongest El Nino phenomena on record. Early indications are that fires during the 2015 El Nino damaged a larger area than 1997. APRIL, as a forest manager in Riau Province, Sumatra has an influentialrole across the Riau landscape and has developed an enviable reputation for their fire suppression capability. But…