Temporal Distribution and Causes of Forest and Land Fires in North Sumatera Province, Indonesia

A. S. Thoha, Onrizal, P. Panata

2018

Abstract

Determining the characteristic of fires and fire-prone areas will help in low-emission land-based development planning. This study aims to identify temporal patterns and causes of forest and land fires in North Sumatra. The temporal pattern was determined by spatial analysis and descriptive of rainfall and fire hotspot during 2001-2017. The causes of fire were determined by observation and in-depth interview on the location of the indication of fire based on hotspot density analysis result. Based on temporal distribution, the hotspot of fire increases every five years. Peak forest and land fires occurred in two periods each year namely February-March and June-August. The causes of forest and land fires in North Sumatra were not same across regions. The most common causes were fires due to land clearing activities for plantation areas, whether coffee plantations, rubber plantations or oil palm plantations. Other causes were grazing, negligence of the community, conflict companies and for customary reasons.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Thoha A., Onrizal. and Panata P. (2018). Temporal Distribution and Causes of Forest and Land Fires in North Sumatera Province, Indonesia.In Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR, ISBN 978-989-758-449-7, pages 61-66. DOI: 10.5220/0010088300610066

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosteerr18,
author={A. S. Thoha and Onrizal and P. Panata},
title={Temporal Distribution and Causes of Forest and Land Fires in North Sumatera Province, Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,},
year={2018},
pages={61-66},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010088300610066},
isbn={978-989-758-449-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,
TI - Temporal Distribution and Causes of Forest and Land Fires in North Sumatera Province, Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-449-7
AU - Thoha A.
AU - Onrizal.
AU - Panata P.
PY - 2018
SP - 61
EP - 66
DO - 10.5220/0010088300610066