Authors:
Rachel Carmenta, Aiora Zabala and Jacob Phelps
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
9-method-enquiry, peat-fires, perceptions-survey, sumatra
Documentfile:
ipc16p383a138carmentazabala.etal_.pdf
Summary:
Indonesia’s peatland fires, and resulting haze, represent a leading environmental concern, not only within those fire affected areas of Indonesia, but regionally and globally. These fires embody the challenges of “wicked problems”: existing solutions have largely failed; the problem involves interdependencies and multiple drivers at different scales, and is often understood and explained in a number of different and contested ways. Yet, popular solutions to fire are often simplistic, short term and technology-driven. Further, widespread “finger-pointing” about the…