Fire in the Danau Sentarum landscape: historical, present perspectives
This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the extent of forest and scrub burning in the Danau Sentarum area, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Burn scar areas were detected using remotely sensed data from four periods (1973, 1990, 1994 and 1997) obtained from a 24-year record. The results show a sign...
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| author | Dennis, R.A. Erman, A. Meijaard, E. |
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| description | This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the extent of forest and scrub burning in the Danau Sentarum area, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Burn scar areas were detected using remotely sensed data from four periods (1973, 1990, 1994 and 1997) obtained from a 24-year record. The results show a significant increase in the total burnt area in the 197,000 ha study site, from 5,483 ha in 1973 to 17,941 ha by mid-1997. Of the area burnt by 1997, 8,021 ha, or 45% of the total burnt area, was tall forest (fresh-water swamp, peat swamp, or riverine) in 1990. This indicates a considerable component of forest destruction in the burning process. Another trend that was found was an increase in the maximum size of burn scars between 1973 and 1997, from 581 ha to 1,339 ha. It is still too early to fully explain these trends in terms of underlying causes, but field data suggest three main factors that interact in a way that is not yet fully understood. These are environment factors, resource extraction activities and increasing human population pressure. Another potential factor, with an as yet unclear role in fires, is conflicts within and between villages. Further in-depth research is required to investigate the underlying causes of fire in Danau Sentarum. |
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| spelling | CGSpace183652025-01-24T14:12:22Z Fire in the Danau Sentarum landscape: historical, present perspectives Dennis, R.A. Erman, A. Meijaard, E. forest fires fire causes fire effects remote sensing landscape This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the extent of forest and scrub burning in the Danau Sentarum area, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Burn scar areas were detected using remotely sensed data from four periods (1973, 1990, 1994 and 1997) obtained from a 24-year record. The results show a significant increase in the total burnt area in the 197,000 ha study site, from 5,483 ha in 1973 to 17,941 ha by mid-1997. Of the area burnt by 1997, 8,021 ha, or 45% of the total burnt area, was tall forest (fresh-water swamp, peat swamp, or riverine) in 1990. This indicates a considerable component of forest destruction in the burning process. Another trend that was found was an increase in the maximum size of burn scars between 1973 and 1997, from 581 ha to 1,339 ha. It is still too early to fully explain these trends in terms of underlying causes, but field data suggest three main factors that interact in a way that is not yet fully understood. These are environment factors, resource extraction activities and increasing human population pressure. Another potential factor, with an as yet unclear role in fires, is conflicts within and between villages. Further in-depth research is required to investigate the underlying causes of fire in Danau Sentarum. 2000 2012-06-04T09:06:23Z 2012-06-04T09:06:23Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18365 en Open Access Dennis, R.A., Erman, A., Meijaard, E. 2000. Fire in the Danau Sentarum landscape: historical, present perspectives . Borneo Research Bulletin 31 :123-137. ISSN: 0006-7806. |
| spellingShingle | forest fires fire causes fire effects remote sensing landscape Dennis, R.A. Erman, A. Meijaard, E. Fire in the Danau Sentarum landscape: historical, present perspectives |
| title | Fire in the Danau Sentarum landscape: historical, present perspectives |
| title_full | Fire in the Danau Sentarum landscape: historical, present perspectives |
| title_fullStr | Fire in the Danau Sentarum landscape: historical, present perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fire in the Danau Sentarum landscape: historical, present perspectives |
| title_short | Fire in the Danau Sentarum landscape: historical, present perspectives |
| title_sort | fire in the danau sentarum landscape historical present perspectives |
| topic | forest fires fire causes fire effects remote sensing landscape |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18365 |
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