(2) implementing minimum soil amendment and promoting soil biodiversity, and
(3) using a high valuable commodity that is adaptable with the peatland environment. With the agroforestry system, several agricultural commodities in non-natives
peat were found to be adaptive in this demonstration plot (for example, cashew,
pineapple, and bitter bean). Other reports also recorded that other valuable commodities such as Calophyllum sp. and Illipe nut are also viable (personal communication). However, most of this study is still in an early phase of trial. Whereas the
vegetative phase of these commodities is proven to be adaptive in peat, their
productivity is yet confirmed.
13.5 Fire Prevention
In the case of KMP, wildfires normally spread from the project zone into the project
area, and most of the wildfires are anthropogenic. Based on that understanding, KMP
implements two fire prevention programs. The first is the establishment of internal
fire prevention team. The second is the community-based fire prevention program.
The first program is an internal program, designed to protect the project area
(concession area) not to being burned by escaped wildfires from the project zone.
Therefore, the activities are mostly to strengthen the capacity of the KMP staff in
relation to the peatland wildfires, e.g., fire suppression technique, wildfire forecasting, fire behavior, and evacuation plan design during firefighting.
The second program is a collaborative fire prevention program between KMP and
the village institutions along the project zone, namely the community-based fire
prevention program. This program aims to improve the capacity of local communities to cope with the forest fire events and also to strengthen the village/local
institutions. A several sequential activities such as (1) mapping the fire-prone
livelihood assets based on historical forest fires and hotspot data, (2) developing a
fire prevention action plan, (3) establishing the fire prevention team (RSA—Regu
Siaga Api), (4) stakeholder coordination, and (5) implementation. These activities
are similar with the activities proposed by Arifudin et al. (2013) in his study about
the community empowerment program for the forest fire prevention in peatlands.
One of the outputs of the program is that every village has established a firefighter
team (RSA) supported by KMP. In addition to RSA, KMP in collaboration with the
local authorities (subdistrict government, village government, forest agency, and
disaster countermeasure agency) has also conducted a series of annual forest firerelated information dissemination at the village level since 2016.
The fire prevention program has started since 2016, following the training of
trainers on fire management and peat rewetting in March 2016. The training was
supported by the United States Forest Services (USFS) in collaboration with PT
Rimba Makmur Utama (RMU) and the Ministry of Environment and Forestry
(MoEF). From the mid to the end of 2016, KMP and Puter Indonesia Foundation
also conducted a pilot project on community-based fire prevention in two villages
(Seragam Jaya and Hantipan Villages). After the completion of this pilot project, the
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(3) using a high valuable commodity that is adaptable with the peatland environment. With the agroforestry system, several agricultural commodities in non-natives
peat were found to be adaptive in this demonstration plot (for example, cashew,
pineapple, and bitter bean). Other reports also recorded that other valuable commodities such as Calophyllum sp. and Illipe nut are also viable (personal communication). However, most of this study is still in an early phase of trial. Whereas the
vegetative phase of these commodities is proven to be adaptive in peat, their
productivity is yet confirmed.
13.5 Fire Prevention
In the case of KMP, wildfires normally spread from the project zone into the project
area, and most of the wildfires are anthropogenic. Based on that understanding, KMP
implements two fire prevention programs. The first is the establishment of internal
fire prevention team. The second is the community-based fire prevention program.
The first program is an internal program, designed to protect the project area
(concession area) not to being burned by escaped wildfires from the project zone.
Therefore, the activities are mostly to strengthen the capacity of the KMP staff in
relation to the peatland wildfires, e.g., fire suppression technique, wildfire forecasting, fire behavior, and evacuation plan design during firefighting.
The second program is a collaborative fire prevention program between KMP and
the village institutions along the project zone, namely the community-based fire
prevention program. This program aims to improve the capacity of local communities to cope with the forest fire events and also to strengthen the village/local
institutions. A several sequential activities such as (1) mapping the fire-prone
livelihood assets based on historical forest fires and hotspot data, (2) developing a
fire prevention action plan, (3) establishing the fire prevention team (RSA—Regu
Siaga Api), (4) stakeholder coordination, and (5) implementation. These activities
are similar with the activities proposed by Arifudin et al. (2013) in his study about
the community empowerment program for the forest fire prevention in peatlands.
One of the outputs of the program is that every village has established a firefighter
team (RSA) supported by KMP. In addition to RSA, KMP in collaboration with the
local authorities (subdistrict government, village government, forest agency, and
disaster countermeasure agency) has also conducted a series of annual forest firerelated information dissemination at the village level since 2016.
The fire prevention program has started since 2016, following the training of
trainers on fire management and peat rewetting in March 2016. The training was
supported by the United States Forest Services (USFS) in collaboration with PT
Rimba Makmur Utama (RMU) and the Ministry of Environment and Forestry
(MoEF). From the mid to the end of 2016, KMP and Puter Indonesia Foundation
also conducted a pilot project on community-based fire prevention in two villages
(Seragam Jaya and Hantipan Villages). After the completion of this pilot project, the
404
T. Darusman et al.