Impact and risk management of wildland fires

Abstract

Background: Forest fires are increasingly common and hit Indonesia almost every year. The impacts experienced by the community, such as the haze that affects human health, especially in the provinces of Riau and Kalimantan, are areas where forest fires frequently occur. Findings: Another impact is the disruption of flights to and from Riau and Kalimantan provinces. Not only that, forest fires also cause various losses, especially for public health, especially upper respiratory tract infections (ARI), both in Indonesia and neighboring countries, so that forest fires cause protests from neighboring countries such as Malaysia and Singapore. Methods: Data collection method that prioritizes legal research with various legal materials through the results of a review of literature sources in the form of documents, books, journals, magazines, newspapers related tolegal materials. Conclusion: Forest fires in Indonesia are a big problem. Therefore, risk management is needed for the problem of forest fires and legal protection which plays an important role. In general, law enforcement can be used to solve environmental problems in relation to Law Number 32 of 2009 concerning environmental management and protection.