Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s National Peatland and Mangrove Management Agency (BPGMN) is integrating cross-agency environmental data into its “Sagara” monitoring platform to serve as an early warning system against forest and land fires, officials said Monday.
BPGMN Deputy Head Maj. Gen. Sriyanto said the platform will unify previously fragmented data streams across ministries and state agencies, including predictive climate modeling from the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).
“In Sagara, we integrate all data, and there is a profile to encourage participation from all parties,” Sriyanto told reporters in Jakarta.
He added that the platform will incorporate direct messaging capabilities via WhatsApp to allow citizens to report early fire detections.
Beyond real-time monitoring, Sagara will generate evaluations, mitigation recommendations, and public education initiatives targeting local communities situated near vulnerable ecosystems.
Sriyanto noted that while climate systems are integrated, local governments and communities must help supplement localized environmental metrics, such as peatland groundwater levels, to enhance system precision.
He emphasized that human activity remains the primary cause of wildfires across the country’s vulnerable ecosystems.
BPGMN data indicates that Indonesia encompasses 24.67 million hectares of peatland, with approximately 875,000 hectares damaged by land clearing and seasonal fires.
Translator: Lintang Budiyanti P, Fauzul Azhim Bin Fakhrurazi
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