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Highly grass fine fuel in contributing peat fire in South Sumatra
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol.487, pp.1-7
International Conference on Translating Science into Climate Policy and Action, 2019 (Bogor, Indonesia, 28-Aug-2019)
IOP Publishing
2020
Abstract
Grass density and moisture content in peatlands are important factors in fire management and for the protection of fire prone areas. If relevant data is available, it can be used as an early warning system. In this study, a replicated trial that includes vegetation analysis of understorey species and measurement of moisture content have undertaken in 1×1 m plots, and it is used to obtain a representative image of field condition of six grasslands in Riding village and Kayulabu village, Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatra. Base on this study, the average grass moisture content in the wet season is 70.2%, a non-flammable condition. The grass will decrease continuously in dry season to extreme dry conditions and become highly flammable. The average grass fresh biomass in Riding village, Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatra is 8.6 ton/ha, equivalent to 1.3 ton/ha dry biomass which is potentially a highly flammable fine fuel. This is associated with a positively reinforcing feedback loop between burning and grazing. In dry condition, that conditions is stimulated for forest peat fire.
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- Title
- Highly grass fine fuel in contributing peat fire in South Sumatra
- Authors
- A Kurniawan (Author) - Environment and Forest Research and Development Institute of PalembangL Graham (Author) - Borneo Orangutan Survival FoundationG Applegate (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Tropical Forests and People Research CentreS Utami (Author) - Environment and Forest Research and Development Institute of Palembang
- Publication details
- IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol.487, pp.1-7
- Conference details
- International Conference on Translating Science into Climate Policy and Action, 2019 (Bogor, Indonesia, 28-Aug-2019)
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.1088/1755-1315/487/1/012019
- ISSN
- 1755-1315; 1755-1307
- Copyright note
- Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.
- Organisation Unit
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99483602702621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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