MITIGASI BENCANA ASAP AKIBAT KEBAKARAN HUTAN DAN LAHAN DI PROVINSI RIAU TAHUN 2014-2016
Abstract
The research is largely to respond to policies and follow up of local
government in mitigating smoke disaster that caused by forest and land fires
occurring in Riau Province. This study focuses on the action of the Local
Government Plans, Administrator of Regional Devices, Law Enforcement
Apparatus and stakeholders involved, the formulation of the problem to be known
is how to mitigate the smoke disaster caused by forest and land fires in Riau
Province. This study also aims to determine the process of efforts to minimize the
smoke disaster in Riau Province. Afterward, the research method used qualitative
descriptive method, by taking data with interview and documentation techniques.
Interviews are conducted to local government officials representing the
institutions of each WTO, law enforcement officers and all relevant sources or
powers in conducting disaster mitigation activities. Documentation is performed
on related documents such as policy draft, prevention or mitigation activities and
other data as support. Therefore, this study finds every year 2014-2016, how
seriousness or response in doing mitigation efforts by local government in
responding smoke disaster caused by forest and land fire, so that resulted in
policy, the birth of Pusdakarhutla and forming task force integratedly involving
related stakeholders in smoke and smoke disaster mitigation Its authority. Based
on the results of the research, it can be concluded that there is inconsistency (less
optimal) in the smoke disaster prevention process due to forest and land fire each
year. Although entering the end of the year has been much reduced and able to
slowly suppress the disaster that previously happened every year. Considering the
disaster occurring from 2014-2016, it can be concluded that there is still a need
for improvement and compensation in terms of implementation or implementation
for regulation, education and environmental control in mitigating the smoke
disaster caused by forest and land fires in Riau Province. Some recommendations
to be made are the government's need to focus on strengthening policies and
ensuring that each line or related stakeholder functions properly. If the
implementation runs according to the instructions of the current
policy/regulation, it can control the mitigation activities from the beginning to the
end on a scale and of course run effectively and will be successful or run smoothly
when all elements, especially stakeholders and local communities are able to coexist
and co-together solve the smoke disaster caused by this forest and land
firing. Therefore, the smoke disaster caused by Riau Province can be minimized.