Foresty: Mind to reduce forest and land fire natural disasters

Abstract

Background: Forest and land fires, especially on peatlands that often occur in Indonesia, have a very large negative impact, both for the environment and forsociety. Enforcement of civil law to obtain compensation for damages to the environment and for the community must be obtained. The use of the basis of civil liability through absolute responsibility can be carried out for activities and/or businesses that are within a peat ecosystem or have an impact on peat ecosystems. Methods: By using literature review; Finding: This article finds that forest fires in Indonesia are natural disasters that occur consistently every year. The Indonesian government's interventions in suppressing forest fires are often carried out when massive fires have already occurred on a massive scale. When it occurs on peat land, forest fires become difficult to extinguish because of the characteristics of burning beneath the soil surface which is better known as thephenomenon of peat smoldering. Conclusion: Thus, these conditions challenge the management of forest fires in Indonesia to prioritize preventive principles in its implementation, one of which is by paying attention to the physical condition of peatlands. Peat management has been carried out since the New Order government era until the current government. Novelty/Originality of this article: Various policies, programs and regulations have been issued by the government in responseto the problems surrounding peatland management, some of which have failed, are right on target, or even need to be reviewed.