TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Bureaucratic inertia in dealing with annual forest fires in Indonesia
JO  - International journal of wildland fire
A1  - Purnomo, Eko Priyo
A1  - Ramdani, Rijal
A1  - Agustiyara, 
A1  - Nurmandi, Achmad
A1  - Trisnawati, Dina Wahyu
A1  - Fathani, Aqil Teguh
A1  - Purnomo, Eko Priyo
A1  - Ramdani, Rijal
A1  - Agustiyara, 
A1  - Nurmandi, Achmad
A1  - Trisnawati, Dina Wahyu
A1  - Fathani, Aqil Teguh
SP  - 733
EP  - 744
VL  - 30
IS  - 10
N2  - Indonesia has sustained annual forest fires since the 1990s related to land clearing activities for agriculture. The Indonesian Government has made substantial efforts to resolve annual fires by improving intergovernmental coordination at national and local levels. Overall, 96 government agencies are liable for controlling forest fire. This study explores local to central government's bureaucratic reluctance in addressing forest fires, focusing on Riau Province, the most forest fire-prone region in Indonesia. Data were collected from 2015 to 2019 using participatory observation, engaging in meetings of key players; in-depth interviews with key heads of relevant agencies, officials, and NGOs; and a questionnaire for Social Network Analysis. The results show that there are seven influential institutions for addressing land and forest fires in Riau. However, the power of the decision-making process is concentrated at the level of the President and the Governor as the regional leader, which implies that large institutions involved in fire response have less power and responsibility owing in part to bureaucratic inertia as bureaucracy is overly centralised and less responsive. In the long term, devolution of government authority from the central to the local level is required to furnish front-line institutions with the power to deal with the fires.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1049-8001
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF20168
ID  - ref1
ER  -