Authors :
Tiara Grace Franzisca L; Dionisius Bryan Sencaky; Robby Arifandi
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 6 - June
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8058507
Abstract :
In 2015 there were forest fires covering an
area of nearly 3 million hectares in the territory of
Indonesia, which occurred not only dry land but also wet
land such as peat. South Sumatra Province is the
province with the largest burned area, where Ogan
Komering Ilir (OKI) Regency is the largest burned area
district. Peatland fires are mostly caused by human
behavior. With the burning of peatlands, the functions
and benefits of peat will be lost. We need to know that
the benefits of the peatland ecosystem are numerous for
the living things that grow around it as well as ecological
benefits. Because of the large benefits of peatland
ecosystems for the life of creatures on this earth, it is
necessary to have an economic valuation to calculate
losses due to damage to peatland ecosystems that are
burned. On this occasion we calculated the economic
valuation of losses due to peatland fires in Ogan
Komering Ilir (OKI) Regency in 2015, due to the loss of
the benefits of peat for education and the indirect
consequence of peatland fires in the form of micro
weather changes around OKI district so that many OKI
people suffering from ARI due to inhaling toxic air from
smoke. The amount of loss due to the loss of
opportunities (Opportunity Cost) for teaching and
learning for teachers and students in OKI district in
2015 amounted to Rp. 8,463,763,000 and the
replacement cost of going to the puskesmas due to ISPA
for OKI residents in 2015 due to peatland fires,
amounting to Rp. 3,400,194,000,00. So the total loss is
Rp. 11,863,957,000.00 or around 11.8 billion rupiah.
Keywords :
Economic Valuation, Peatland Fires, Opportunity Costs of Education, Replacement Costs for Changes in Air Quality.
In 2015 there were forest fires covering an
area of nearly 3 million hectares in the territory of
Indonesia, which occurred not only dry land but also wet
land such as peat. South Sumatra Province is the
province with the largest burned area, where Ogan
Komering Ilir (OKI) Regency is the largest burned area
district. Peatland fires are mostly caused by human
behavior. With the burning of peatlands, the functions
and benefits of peat will be lost. We need to know that
the benefits of the peatland ecosystem are numerous for
the living things that grow around it as well as ecological
benefits. Because of the large benefits of peatland
ecosystems for the life of creatures on this earth, it is
necessary to have an economic valuation to calculate
losses due to damage to peatland ecosystems that are
burned. On this occasion we calculated the economic
valuation of losses due to peatland fires in Ogan
Komering Ilir (OKI) Regency in 2015, due to the loss of
the benefits of peat for education and the indirect
consequence of peatland fires in the form of micro
weather changes around OKI district so that many OKI
people suffering from ARI due to inhaling toxic air from
smoke. The amount of loss due to the loss of
opportunities (Opportunity Cost) for teaching and
learning for teachers and students in OKI district in
2015 amounted to Rp. 8,463,763,000 and the
replacement cost of going to the puskesmas due to ISPA
for OKI residents in 2015 due to peatland fires,
amounting to Rp. 3,400,194,000,00. So the total loss is
Rp. 11,863,957,000.00 or around 11.8 billion rupiah.
Keywords :
Economic Valuation, Peatland Fires, Opportunity Costs of Education, Replacement Costs for Changes in Air Quality.
