Regional South East Asia Wildland Fire Network
A region of the Global Wildland Fire Network
Projects and Programmes in South East Asia
(Last significant update: 15 January 2004)
As a consequence of the fire and smog episode of 1991 in SE Asia which was mainly caused by fires burning on the Indonesian archipelago, the Government of Indonesia for the first time called for international cooperation to support national fire management capabilities. In June 1992 an international conference on Long-Term Integrated Forest Fire Management was held in Bandung. Participants were national agencies involved in fire management and the international community represented by national and international development organizations and potential donors. The objective of the conference was to develop the framework for an internationally concerted action plan on “Long-Term Integrated Forest Fire Management” for Indonesia. In this programme all partners involved are sharing expertise and resources in fire management. In the implementation process of the “Bandung Strategy” the first internationally assisted programmes were initiated, e.g. through
- the bilateral Indonesian-German project “Integrated Forest Fire Management” (IFFM) in the Province of East Kalimantan (GTZ)
- the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which is implementing fire management projects in Sumatera (Jambi) and West Kalimantan;
- the European Union project “Forest Fire Prevention and Control Project” (FFPCP) in Sumatera (Palembang);
- the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at the central level (Ministry of Forestry; meanwhile terminated); and
- the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and US AID which conducted fire management training courses (inter-project).
In 1995 a “National Coordination Team on Forest and Land and Fire Management” (c/o Environmental Impact Management Agency BAPEDAL) was established at national level.
During and after the 1997-98 fire episode the importance of the pilot functions of these projects have been recognized. Besides strengthening of the already ongoing projects several new intitatives were started.
This section provides update information on national, regional and internationally supported projects in forest fire management. The reports are taken from International Forest Fire News No.18 (January 1998) and 19 (August 1998) and from individual reports submitted to the GFMC and other sources:
Fire Project Reports (up to 2008)
- GTZ Integrated Forest Fire Management Project (IFFM), East Kalimantan (1995-2004)
- GIZ / EU South Sumatra Forest Fire Management Project (SSFMP) (2003-2008)
- European Union Project “Forest Fire Prevention and Control Project” (FFPCP) (1999-2001)
- ASEAN (1998-1999)
- The Consultative Group on Indonesian Forests (CGIF) (1997-1998)
- Reports from the OCHA / UNDAC /UNEP missions (1998)
SE Asia Fire Project Reports Published in IFFN No. 18 (January 1998)
- Assessment of 1997 Land and Forest Fires in Indonesia: National Coordination
- Remote Sensing of Fire an Smoke in Indonesia
- Indonesian and Regional Initiatives in Fire and Smoke Management and Policy Development
- The 1997 Wildfire Season and the Impact of Fire Management Projects in Indonesia
- Forest Fires in Sumatra: Possible Ways and Proposala after the Experience of the 1997 Dry Season in the Province of South Sumatra
- Special Session on 1997 Forest Fire Events in the Consultative Group on Indonesian Forests
- International Workshop on National Guidelines on the Protection of Forests Against Fire, Bogor, Indonesia, 8-9 December 1997
SE Asia Fire Project Reports Published in IFFN No. 19 (October 1998)
- Singapore Environment Council Presents NGOs Concerns about Southeast Asian Fires to ASEAN Senior Officials
- Singapore Environment Council International Policy Dialogue on the Southeast Asian Fires Statement to the ASEAN Senior Officials for the Environment
- Singapore Environment Council International Policy Dialogue on the Southeast Asian Fires
- Asian Development Bank (ADB) Support to tje Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) via a Regional Technical Assistance (RETA) “Strenghtening ASEAN’s Capacity to Prevent and Mitigate Transboundary Atmospheric Pollution Resulting from Forest Fires (RETA 5778-REG)
- Forest Fire Monitoring and Research Activities at the Centre for Remote Sensing and Processing (CRISP), National University of Singapore
- Daily Forest Fire Observation from Space in East Kalimantan
- Rehabilitation of Fire-affected Forests in East Kalimantan
- Germany-Singapore Environmental Technology Agency (GSETA): Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Transboundary Atmospheric Pollution 27-28 1998, Singapore
- WMO Workshop on Regional Transboundary Haze in Southeast Asia
Other Project Reports and Analyses
- Wide Area Surveillance System (WAS) Phase I: Transboundary Haze Pollution Control and Monitoring System (THPCM)
- Fire Review of Sumatra Island in 1997
The following reports are taken from the report of R. Dennis (1998) prepared for CIFOR, ICRAF, UNESCO, EC JRS Ispra
- Analysis of the Causes and Impacts of Forest Fires and Haze – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Indonesia
- JICA – Forest Fire Prevention and Management Project (FFMP)
- EU – Forest Fire Prevention and Control Project (FFPCP)
- EU Fire Response Group (EUFREG )
- Advisory Technical Assistance (ADTA) Planning for Mitigation of Drought and Fire Damage -ADB
Recent Analyses, Strategic Reports and Conference Recommendations (1998-2002)
- Satellite Workshop Summary Report (27 October 1998, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
- International Cross Sectoral Forum on Forest Fire Management in South East Asia (7 8 December 1998, Jakarta, Indonesia)
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) Workshop: Fire and Sustainable Agricultural and Forestry Development in Eastern Indonesia and Northern Australia (Darwin, Australia, 13-15 April 1999)
- World Resources Institute report Trial by fire: Forest Fires and Forestry Policy in Indonesia’s era of Crisis and Reform (19 July 2000)WWF Germany: Oil palm plantations and deforestation in Indonesia – What role do Europe and Germany play (December 2002)
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- ASEAN Haze Online
- Fire, Smoke, and Haze: The ASEAN Response Strategy (ASEAN / Asian Development Bank, 2001) (PDF, 2 MB)
- Report of the World Conference and Exhibition on Land and Forest Fire Hazards (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 10-13 June 2002)
- Press Release on the 9th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Haze (11 June 2002) (PDF-File)
- ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (PDF-File)
- Ha Noi Statement on Promoting Partnerships for the Implementation of the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (11-13 May 2006) (PDF, 22 KB)
Indonesia 2003
- Statement on Progress Towards Implementing Sustainable Forest Management at the Twelfth CGI Meeting (including land and forest fire control)
- Fires in Indonesia: Causes, costs and policy implications (CIFOR Occ. Pap. No. 38; PDF, 940 KB)
- EOS MODIS Data Used to Study 2002 Fires in Kalimantan, Indonesia (PDF, 331 KB)
