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Stringent law enforcement crucial to keep forest fire cases down 6th March 2021
Photo document of forest fires. ((ANTARA)) ((ANTARA)/) Indonesia, home to the world s third-largest tropical rainforests, has been successful in significantly reducing the number of forest fire cases over the last several years, and steps must be taken to maintain this achievement.
Forest fire incidents in 2020 declined by some 82 percent from that during the previous year, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD stated.
The number of forest and land fires declined drastically over several years. In 2015, forest and land fires had ravaged 2,610 thousand hectares of land, and the figure dropped to 1,592,010 hectares in 2019 and 296,942 hectares in 2020.
Riau s BPBD stations 6,000 personnel to prevent, handle forest fires 1st March 2021
A forest fire in Riau on Feb 26, 2021. (ANTARA/Aswaddy Hamid) Pekanbaru, Riau (ANTARA) - The Regional Disaster Mitigation Office (BPBD) of Riau Province, in collaboration with other related offices, stationed several thousand personnel in its efforts to avert and tackle forest fires.
Some six thousand personnel constituting BPBD, military, and police officers, were deployed throughout the 12 districts and cities in the province, Head of the Riau BPBD Edward Sanger stated here on Sunday.
After the forest and land fire emergency alert status was determined for Riau Province, joint personnel were immediately readied in every district and city. Some six thousand personnel are deployed as a precautionary measure against forest and land fires in Riau.