Publications

Ardiansyah, M; Boer, R; Situmorang, AP (2017). Typology of land and forest fire in South Sumatra, Indonesia Based on Assessment of MODIS Data. 3RD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LAPAN-IPB SATELLITE FOR FOOD SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 2016, 54, UNSP 012058.

Abstract
In 2015, Sumatera and Kalimantan, in particular, has undergone dramatic fires. The fires were particularly bad in 2015 because of a prolonged dry season caused by the El Nino weather pattern and creating a lot of greenhouse gas emissions. Between about July and December, more than a million hectares of forest were burned. South Sumatra is one of the provinces with the highest of hotspots number and of fire area on this period. The aim of the study was to find burned area that caused by fire activity in 2015 and to identify a typology of land and forest fire the South Sumatera. In our study showed that between July and December 2015 the estimated burned area during El Nino in South Sumatra was 422,718 ha, of which 163,143 ha in mineral soil and 260,575 ha in peat soil. The majority of burned area occurred outside concession and inside concession with following typology: the fire activity in the HTI on non-forested land (26%), in the HTI on forested land (24%), in oil palm on non-forested land (17%), and in oil palm on forested land (2%).

DOI:
10.1088/1755-1315/54/1/012058

ISSN:
1755-1307