Fire and Cultural burning in Nusa Tenggara Timur: Some Implications of Fire Management Practices for Indonesian Government Plicy

摘要

In eastern Indonesia the sustained use of fire in agriculture has been a central factor in the conversion of extensive forest areas into permanent fire climax savanna grasslands and degraded secondary bushland. From a Government perspective the continuing practice of 'cultural burning' is widely seen as destructive and detrimental to the development of progressive and sustainable agriculture.