Forest and Peatland Fire Management - best practices and challenges in ASEAN, examples from Indonesia and Malaysia
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D. Maria Room
| Thursday, May 18, 2023 |
| 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM |
| Workshop |
Details
In Southeast Asia, forest and peatland fires have caused havoc in the past. Peatland fires in particular have been the main culprits of haze pollution events in the region. With peatland covering 23 Mha, representing approximately 40% of the worlds’ known tropical peatlands and roughly 6% of the entire global peatland resource[1], peatland ecosystems have been at the centre of ASEAN policies as well as at national level in Indonesia and Malaysia which hold the greatest peatland area in the region. It is estimated that ASEAN peatlands store 14% of carbon stored in global peatlands[2]. In this workshop the ASEAN region will be presented and you will be introduced to the and challenges the region deals with related to peatland fire. Best practices on fire management will be presented by Indonesia and Malaysia as examples from the region. Future collaboration and partnerships that can support the region transform the challenges into opportunities will be welcome.
Speaker
Bárbara Gonçalves
Sustainable Use of Peatlands and Haze Mitigation Programme
GIZ
Chair
Biography
Israr Albar
Ministry Of Environment and Forestry
Speaker
Biography
Mr Israr Albar, Deputy Director of Forest and Land Fire Management and Ms Eny Haryati, Policy Anayst of Forest and Land Fire Management both from Directorate of Forest and Land Fire Management, Ministry of Forestry and Environment (MoEF)
Dato’ Nor Hisham NOR HISHAM
Fire And Rescue Department Of Malaysia
Speaker
Biography
Mr Nor Hisham bin Mohammad, Deputy Director General of Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia
Mr Kamarulzaman Malik Abdullah, Director, Planning and Research Division, from the Planning and Research Division, Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia
Eny Haryati
Ministry Environment and Forestry
Speaker
Biography
Dato' Ahmad Fadzil Bin Abdul Majid
Forestry Department Of Peninsular Malaysia
Speaker
Biography
