The first Online Discussion “Fire Prevention in the Middle of COVID-19 Pandemic” (Pengendalian Kebakaran Hutan dan Lahan dalam Menghadapi Musim Kemarau ditengah Pandemi COVID-19)

The first Online Discussion “Fire Prevention in the Middle of COVID-19 Pandemic” (Pengendalian Kebakaran Hutan dan Lahan dalam Menghadapi Musim Kemarau ditengah Pandemi COVID-19) was held on 9 May 2020 as an activity of the Regional Fire Management Resource Center – South East Asia (RFMRC-SEA), a regional center of GFMC serving Southeast Asia, in collaboration with the Forest Fire Laboratory of IPB University (Bogor, Indonesia). The discussion among 220 participants from the provinces of Indonesia, Timor Leste and The Netherlands was inspired by three impulse presentations:

  • The forest fire prevention strategy in the middle of COVID-19 Pandemic (Prof. Bambang Hero Saharjo, head of RFMRC-SEA)
  • Current and planning activities for fire prevention in the middle of COVID-19 Pandemic (Dr. Israr Albar, Vice Deputy Director for Fire Prevention, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia)
  • The forest fire prevention in the site during COVID-19 Pandemic (Mr Udi Tyastoto, fire expert of the Forest and Climate Change Programme – FORCLIME)

Link Material: https://bit.ly/Materidiskusionliekarhutla09mei2020

Prof. Dr. Ir. H. Bambang Hero Saharjo, Bogor Agricultural University, is the foremost expert on illegal and destructive forest and land fires in Indonesia, and the winner of the 2019 Maddox Prize

12 November 2019

Maddox Prize 2019

Bambang Hero Saharjo, who is the Indonesian lead expert witness on environmentally catastrophic peatland fires has been awarded the 2019 John Maddox Prize for his courage and integrity in standing up for sound science in the face of harassment, intimidation, and law suits.

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Global Landscape Fire Awards 2019

Ceremony of handing over the Global Landscape Fire Award 2019, sponsored by the Global Wildland Fire Network to the laureate Dr. Ir. Siti Nurbaya, MSc, Minister for Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia, and Certificates of Distinction for Prof. Dr. Ir. Bambang Hero Saharjo, M.Agr., IPB University, and Dr. Ir. Raffles B. Panjaitan, MSc, Director of Forest and Land Fire Management, Directorate General of Climate Change, Ministry for Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia; Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Meeting: Up – Scaling Community Resilience Through Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction (ECO-DRR) Jakarta, 20-21 June 2019

Eco-DRR workshop program that is carried out by Yayasan Lahan Basah (Wetlands International Iindonesia ) and UN Environment invited a couple of government institutions, publicly-listed plantation company association, and association of companies forestry, NGO, education authorities, (more…)

Ngopi (Ngobrol Pintar/Talking Smart) PWI Riau and Ministry of Environment and Forestry with theme of “Law Enforcement Environment and Forestry” (Balai Pertemuan Gedung PWI Riau, 22 April 2019)

22 April 2019

 

“Once environment damaged or decrease in the quality and quantity of , so to recover the who performed by human beings could not restore entirely on environmental an original state .People do not create the source of natural resources because repeateth it is power one god”, said Bambang hero.

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Ngopi (Ngobrol Pintar/Talking Smart) PWI Riau and Ministry of Environment and Forestry with theme of “Ecosystem Protection of Peat and Controlling Forest and Land Fires” (Kaliandra Room Graha Pena Riau, 8 April 2019)

Riau, 8 April 2019

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Visits Prof. Milan Mesić, PhD of the University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture to RFMRC-SEA office (Bogor, 02 April 2019)

Bogor, 3 April 2019

Robi Deslia Waldi

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Dialogue and discussion on the agenda “SAVE TROPICAL PEATLANDS” between a delegation from Indonesia and the Kyoto University (Japan, 22-24 March 2019)

Photo Gallery SAVE TROPICAL PEATLANDS :

Japan, 22-24 March 2019

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Integrated Training and Education in Forest and Land Fires Phase I, 2019 Year of RFMRC-SEA Office and Laboratory Forest and Land Fires Dept of Silviculture, (Bogor, 13 March 2019)

Bogor, 13 March 2019
Robi Deslia Waldi S.Hut

 

The Integrated Training and Education in Forest and Land Phase II held by the Indonesian Republican prosecutors’ education and training body aims to provide information regarding forest and land fires that occur and their enforcement.

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Joint Meetings UNISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group (WFAG) International Liaison Committee (ILC) and the Brazilian Conference Organizing Committee for the 7 th International Wildland Fire Conference

Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC), Freiburg, Germany
12-14 October 2018

Meeting of the UNISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group (WFAG) in conjunction with the meeting of the International Liaison Committee (ILC) and the Brazilian Conference Organizing Committee for the 7th International Wildland Fire Conference; GFMC, Freiburg, Germany.

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