dc.contributor.advisor |
Murray, Brian |
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dc.contributor.author |
Rosul, Perthalia |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2015-04-23T18:28:03Z |
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dc.date.available |
2015-04-23T18:28:03Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2015-04-23 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10161/9619 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Annual land and forest fires in Indonesia have been a major environmental issue in
the country for years. To solve the problem, the Indonesian government enacted a plan
of action in 2007 to deal with land and forest fires. Numerous studies have focused
on forest fires in Indonesia and their causes, but less attention has been devoted
to whether the government’s policy is making any difference with respect to recent
fire events. This analysis attempts to understand the effectiveness of the policy
by focusing on Riau province, a major site of fires in the country. In the analysis
I estimate the impacts of the policy by comparing the damage and losses caused by
the 2014 fire and a counterfactual scenario of how they would have been different
had the policy not been enacted. I interviewed experts who work in Indonesia’s land
and forest fires to obtain a prediction of this counterfactual scenario. Based on
these interviews, they believed, on average, that the 2014 forest fire would have
burnt more areas had the policy not been enacted. There was also an indication that
the benefits most likely outweighed the cost of implementing the plan of action. Therefore,
I believe that some elements of the policy implemented in 2014 had some influence
in limiting the level of damage and losses from the fire early that year and the policies
overall provided a net benefit to society.
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dc.subject |
Forest fires, forest policy, peatland, Riau |
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dc.title |
ANALYSIS OF POLICY EFFECTIVENESS ON FOREST FIRES IN RIAU, INDONESIA |
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dc.type |
Master's project |
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dc.department |
Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences |
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duke.embargo.months |
0 |
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