Indonesia is considered successful in the prevention, upgrading, preparedness and mitigation of karhutla which is reflected in the declining number of hotspots since two years ago.
The recognition of these ASEAN countries in the Technical Working Group meeting (TWG) on Transboundary Haze Pollution followed by The Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee (MSC) Meeting on Transboundary Haze Pollution in Bangkok, Thailand from 31 May to 1 June 2018.
This success can not be separated from the results of joint efforts, according to the special directives of President Joko Widodo in the forum of coordination meeting prevention of karhutla which is held annually. Source Join News Network (JNN) obtained from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), Monday, June 4, 2018, That Indonesia received appreciation from participants of ASEAN countries, in Bangkok, Thailand.
According to the Director of Forest and Land Fire Control (PKHL) as well as Chairman of the Indonesian Delegation in TWG, Raffles B. Panjaitan, This year's meeting is the 20th meeting attended by environmentally responsible ministers / representatives for forest fi res and haze, namely from Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, and the ASEAN Secretariat.
During the meeting, there was a change of paradigm for the handling of karhutla in Indonesia, which was originally with priority on the blackout during the crisis phase, but post 2015 prioritize prevention aspects.
"The incident of the Fire of the Year 2015 becomes a learning for the Indonesian nation, that the prevention effort is very important in the control of karhutla," said PKHL President Director, Raffles, saying after the incident we emphasize to prevent karhutla early to minimize the occurrence of a large karhutla impact on the fog smoke.
The Indonesian delegation was also represented by the Head of the BMKG Public Meteorological Center, and Director of ASEAN Social and Cultural Cooperation Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, each delegate presented the development of karhutla condition and the smoke condition as the impact of karhutla.
The results of this TWG meeting are material in the MSC Meeting which is the ministerial meeting of each country. In the MSC meeting, present representing the Minister of Environment and Forestry, Plt. Director General of Climate Change Control who also acts as Chairman of the RI Delegation, I.B. Son of Parthama.
Putera said that Indonesia continues to invite ASEAN member countries to continuously improve the ability of each country's National Monitoring Center to contribute and carry out its central role in monitoring and assessment of cross-border smoke. Three Decisions.
From the meeting of the Technical Working Group / Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee resulted in three important decisions,
first; Agree to continue supporting Indonesia in the establishment of the ASEAN Coordinating Center for Transboundary Hazard Pollution Control (ACCTHPC) which is currently in the process of finalizing the establishment agreement.
Second; Agreeing to Indonesia's proposal that mid-term review of ASEAN HazeFree Roadmap 2020 be conducted by using Haze Fund which requires the approval of ASEAN member countries to ensure the objectivity and neutrality of implementing consultants.
And third; Agree on Indonesia's proposal to wait for input by the end of June 2018 from AMS not present in TWG / MSC 20 of the Streamlining of Haze Related Meetings paper before being reported to COM / COP-14.
Even at the Forest and Land Fire Control Command on Sunday, at 20.00 Western Indonesia Time (03/06/2018), based on NOAA satellite monitoring observed five points, four points in Aceh and one point in South Sumatra. While based on TERRA AQUA satellite (NASA) monitored one hostpot in West Kalimantan. (BKnews / JNN).
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