Areas Burned in 1997-1998

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: A.A. Hoffman, A. Hinrichs, and F. Siegart

Publication_Date: 19990101

Title: Areas Burned in 1997-1998

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Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.

Publisher: World Resources Institute

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://www.globalforestwatch.org/english/datawarehouse/index.asp

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset provides a GIS coverage showing areas burnt in East Kalimantan area in Indonesia in 1997-1998. After the severe fire episodes during the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events of 1982-83, 1991 and 1994 a prolonged and extremely severe fire season occurred during the last ENSO of 1997-98 in South East Asia (Goldammer et al. 1996, Goldammer 1999). The Indonesian province of East Kalimantan was the area worst affected by extended wild fires between late 1997 and May 1998. Daily satellite (NOAA AVHRR) maps provided by the Integrated Forest Fire Management (IFFM) project, a joint Technical Cooperation project between the Indonesian Ministry of Forests and Estate Crops (MoFEC) and the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ), showed that the fires affected the entire Mahakam basin, its tributaries and spread as far as the Sangkulirang peninsula (Siegert and Hoffmann 1999). Many forest concessions as well as forest and industrial crop plantations were severely burned. In August 1998 the Sustainable Forest Management (SFMP) project (MoFEC/GTZ), proposed an Actions After Forest Fire in Natural Forest Concessions Program to the MoFEC. The proposal included the following five steps be implemented in fire-affected concessions operating in natural forest lands (HPH: Hak Pengusahaan Hutan): 1. Conduct a low-intensity fire damage inventory (separately for each fire affected forest concession) 2. Develop rehabilitation maps for all heavily damaged areas 3. Improve the fire prevention and management system of each forest concession 4. Shift logging activities: stop logging in unburned areas and conduct salvage felling of dead trees in burned areas (where possible) 5. Adjust the Annual Allowable Cut (AAC) of each fire affected natural forest concession to a sustainable level and revise the long term forest planning (RKPH) accord Fire damage in East Kalimantan in 1997/1998 related to land use and vegetation: Satellite radar inventory results and proposals further actions. IFFM-SFMP report la. ISBN 979-606-044-2. [Summary provided by WRI and Fire Globe]

Purpose:

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Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Hoffmann A. A., A.Hinrichs, and F.Siegert. 1999a. Fire damage in East Kalimantan in 1997/98 related to land use and vegetation classes: Satellite radar inventory results and proposals for further actions. With contributions from G.Ruecker, L.Christy, and B.Yuliarso. Sustainable Forest Management Project (SFMP) & Integrated Forest Fire Management (IFFM) Project, Indonesian Ministry of Forests and Estate Crops (MoFEC) and German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ), Samarinda, Indonesia. Report No.1.

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Hoffmann, A. A., L.Schindler, and J.G.Goldammer. 1999b. Aspects of a Fire Information System for East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Asian Tropical Forest Management, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, 20-23 September 1999.

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Goldammer, J.G., B.Seibert, and W.Schindele. 1996. Fire in dipterocarp forests. In: Dipterocarp forest ecosystems: Towards sustainable management (A.Schulte and D.Sch?ne, eds.), 155-185. World Scientific Publ., Singapore-New Jersey-London-Hongkong, 666 pp.

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Goldammer, J.G. 1999. Environmental problems arising from land use, climate variability, fire and smog in Indonesia: Development of policies and strategies for land use and fire management. In: WMO Workshop on Regional Transboundary Smoke and Haze in Southeast Asia, Singapore, 2-5 June 1998, Vol. 2 (G.R.Carmichael, comp.), 13-88. World Meteorological Organization, Global Atmosphere Watch Report Ser. No. 131, WMO TD No. 948, Geneva, 346 p.

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Lennertz, R., and K.F.Panzer. 1983. Preliminary assessment of the drought and forest damage in Kalimantan Timur. GTZ-TAD Report, Germany.

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Siegert, F., and A.A.Hoffmann. 1999. The 1998 forest fires in East Kalimantan (Indonesia): A quantitative evaluation using high resolution, multitemporal ERS-2 SAR Images and NOAA-AVHRR Hot Spot data. Remote Sensing of the Environment (in press).

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Siegert, F., and G.Ruecker. 1999a. Evaluation of the 1998 forest fires in East-Kalimantan (Indonesia) using multitemporal ERS-2 SAR images. Earth Observation Quarterly 61, 7-12.

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Siegert, F., and G.Ruecker. 1999b. Use of multitemporal ERS-2 SAR images for identification of burn scars in South East Asian tropical rainforest. Int. J. Remote Sensing (in press).

Time_Period_of_Content:

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19970101

Ending_Date: 19980101

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 115.43

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 118.18

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 2.4

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -2.43

Keywords:

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST FIRE SCIENCE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > NATURAL HAZARDS > WILDFIRES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > TELECONNECTIONS > EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO)

Theme_Keyword: AVHRR > ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER

Theme_Keyword: IFFM > INTEGRATED FOREST FIRE MANAGEMENT

Theme_Keyword: GFW > GLOBAL FOREST WATCH

Theme_Keyword: Gis

Theme_Keyword: Global Forest Watch

Theme_Keyword: Fire

Theme_Keyword: Burn

Theme_Keyword: Fire Damage

Theme_Keyword: FARMING

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > INDONESIA

Access_Constraints: Unrestricted

Use_Constraints:

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GFW and its collaborators have collected data from sources believed to be reliable. Furthermore, all GFW data has undergone a formalized review process. GFW and its collaborators provide the data "as is" and do not guarantee the accuracy of the data. The data is provided without warranties expressed or implied and GFW and its collaborators do not accept responsibility for errors or omission in the data or in the documentation accompanying the data. GFW and its collaborators are not responsible for any consequence of the use of the data by any organization or individual. The boundaries, colors, denominations and other information shown in any map or data set on the GFW WebPage do not imply on the part of GFW and its collaborators any judgment on the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.

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Address: 10 G Street, NE (Suite 800)

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Postal_Code: 20002

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-729-7600

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-729-7610

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lorih@wri.org

Resource_Description: EK_Fire

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Transfer_Size: 5347 KB

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http://www.wri.org/

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DATA CENTER URL

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http://www.globalforestwatch.org/english/interacti...

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Indonesia Interactive GIS map using data from the Global Forest Watch.

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http://www.globalforestwatch.org/english/

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Homepage of Global Forest Watch (GFW) which provides and uses this data in their forest monitoring network.

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http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/iffn/country/id/id...

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Report on "Fire Damages in East Kalimantan in 1997-1998: Relations to Land Use and Proposals for Further Action".

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http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de

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Homepage of the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) which monitors and study global fires, performs studies and research, and offers data and statistics related to fires.

Fees: No Fees

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20020919

Metadata_Review_Date: 20060411

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: TYLER B. STEVENS

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Address: Global Change Master Directory

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 614-6898

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-614-5268

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Tyler.B.Stevens@nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time