The Climate Corner of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) conducted a discussion on "Prevention of Forest and Land Fire using the Sustainable Landscape Management Approach at the Village Level, in the Forest Management Unit (KPH) of Kubu Raya in West Kalimantan" on 7 August 2019 at Manggala Wanabakti Building, Jakarta. Three resource persons made presentation at the discussion, namely: Eva Famurianti (Directorate of Forest and Land Fire Control, Directorate General of Climate Change Management, MoEF); Prof. Bambang Hero (Professor of Forest Protection, IPB University), and Ponty Wijaya (Head of KPH Kubu Raya). The event, supported by FORCLIME, was attended by more than 70 people representing the MoEF technical unit, NGOs, university students, journalists.

On his presentation, the Head of the KPH Kubu Raya presented the effort activities carried to control forest and land fires within his working area, including the establishment of four model villages, capacity building for the Land and Forest Fire Brigade (operating drone, communication skills, facilitating community). ‘We developed maps of road access, fire vulnerable locations, ex-burnt areas; which helps us to work more effective and cost efficient', he added. These efforts are aimed to prevent land and forest fires within the KPH Kubu Raya area, which eventually can contribute to reducing carbon emissions.

Presentation materials of the event can be downloaded from the Climate Corner *website.

For further information, please contact:
Ponty Wijaya, Head of KPH Kubu Raya
Gatot Moeryanto, Technical expert on integrated forest fire management
Martha Desriyanti Siregar, intern student, Cendrawasih University

* Climate Corner is one of working groups that supporting the Dewan Pertimbangan Perubahan Iklim (advisory council on climate change at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry). It organizes and hold routine discussion with climate-related issues theme.