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East Kalimantan Environmentally Sustainable Development Strategy

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Although <strong>East</strong> <strong>Kalimantan</strong> has far fewer fires than its neighbors, a<br />

substantial amount of land is still burned each year<br />

<strong>East</strong> <strong>Kalimantan</strong> has significantly<br />

fewer fires than its neighbors<br />

Hotspots 2003-2007<br />

Central <strong>Kalimantan</strong> 72,843<br />

West <strong>Kalimantan</strong><br />

55,035<br />

<strong>East</strong> <strong>Kalimantan</strong><br />

South <strong>Kalimantan</strong><br />

13,982<br />

12,400<br />

SOURCE: WRI Interactive Atlas of Indonesia Forests<br />

Yet on average 250,000 ha of land is burned a year<br />

Ha burned land, <strong>East</strong> <strong>Kalimantan</strong><br />

175,200<br />

280,000<br />

74,500<br />

660,300<br />

208,200<br />

108,600<br />

2003 04 05 06 07 2008<br />

Zero burning policy must be tailored to different types of land<br />

Intact forest<br />

DRAFT<br />

•Intact tropical forest is virtually<br />

fire-proof. Almost of all fires in<br />

<strong>East</strong> <strong>Kalimantan</strong> occur in logged<br />

over and degraded lands<br />

Active agricultural land<br />

•Fire is a traditional and cheap<br />

land-clearing tool<br />

•It is also used to show cultivation<br />

to maintain/prove ownership<br />

Abandoned agricultural land<br />

•Fires set to clear active lands spill<br />

over into abandoned lands<br />

•Degraded peatland and forests<br />

are very vulnerable to fire<br />

Ø<br />

Exhibit 37<br />

Exhibit 38<br />

•<strong>Strategy</strong>: No conversion<br />

•Maintain intact forests and fully<br />

hydrated peatlands protects them<br />

against fires<br />

•<strong>Strategy</strong>: Fire prevention<br />

•Invest in alternative land clearing<br />

tools and training<br />

•Remove regulatory incentives that<br />

allow fire clearing to prove active<br />

cultivation to retain concessions<br />

•<strong>Strategy</strong>: Fire fighting<br />

•Create local community fire<br />

brigades in hot spots<br />

•Invest in wells and tools to fight<br />

peat fires requiring treatment<br />

below the surface

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