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Table O Contents

Background 3IndonesiasPlanOAction 4

JambiMasterPlan 5

ActionProgrammes 9

ExperienceandLessonsLearnt 18

Conclusion 20

AnnexA:

TimelineoActivitiesbytheSingaporeProjectTeam

AnnexB:SpeechesatHandoverCeremonyotheAirandWeatherMonitoringStationson24July2009inJambiProvince

StateMinisteroEnvironment(Indonesia)H.E.RachmatWitoelarMinisterortheEnvironmentandWaterResources

(Singapore)Dr.YaacobIbrahimGovernoroJambiH.E.ZulkiiNurdin

MuaroJambiRegentH.E.BurhanuddinMahir

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Background

Transboundarysmokehazeromlandandorestfresduringthedryperiodbetween

JuneandOctoberhasbeenaregulareatureinthesouthernSouth-EastAsiaregionin the past ew decades. These annual fres are caused mainly by land clearing

and slash and burn agricultural practices in Sumatra and Borneo. The smoke

hazesituationisusuallyexacerbatedwhenitcoincideswiththeElNio,aclimatic

phenomenonthatotenleadstoextendeddrierweatherconditionsintheregion.

In 1997-98, about 10 million hectares o Indonesias orests, one o the worlds

centresobiodiversity,weredestroyedinfresstartedmostlyinoilpalmplantations

andagriculturalandorestryholdingsontheislandsoSumatraandBorneo.More

than20millionpeoplewereexposedtobreathinghighlevelsopollutantsknownto

causebothacuteandlong-termhealtheects.Severalairportsintheregionhadto

beshutdownduetopoorvisibility.Totaleconomiclossesacrosstheregionwere

estimatedataroundUS$9billion.

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RegionalHazeMapshowing

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Indonesias Plan of Action

Followingthelastmajorsmokehazeepisodein2006whichhadaectedBrunei,

Indonesia,Malaysia,SingaporeandsouthernpartoThailandquitebadly,thefveASEANcountrieshavetakenactiontotacklethetransboundarysmokehazeissue

bysettingupSub-RegionalMinisterialSteeringCommitteeonTransboundaryHaze

Pollution(MSC).

Notwithstandingthis,theregionalsmokehazeproblemcontinuestopersist.One

possiblereasoncouldbetheneedtotacklethelandandorestfresinSumatraand

Borneohavenotcascadeddowntothecommunityattheprovincialanddistrict

levels.

Recognizingthis,Indonesiaormulatedspecifcactionplanstopreventandmitigate

fres at the provincial and district levels under its National Plan o Action (PoA).

Indonesiaidentifed35fre-pronedistrictsin8provincesorattention.Indonesias

PoAinvitedASEANmembercountriestocollaboratewithafre-proneprovinceordistrictinIndonesiatoenhanceitscapacitytotacklelandandorestfresthere.

Indonesias Plan of Action

CommencementDate

BudgetAllocated

Target

ProvincesIdentifed

9November2006

750billionRupiah

Hotspotsreductionto50%o2006slevels

1.CentralKalimantan2.EastKalimantan3.Jambi4.Riau5.SouthKalimantan6.SouthSumatra7.WestKalimantan8.WestSumatra

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Jambi Master Plan

Inresponse,SingaporeoeredtocollaboratewithJambiProvinceandIndonesias

State Ministry o Environment [Kementerian Negara Lingkungan Hidup (KLH)] to

developaMasterPlantodealwithlandandorestfresinJambiProvince.Jambi

ProvinceislocatedinSouthernSumatraandhasapopulationo2.7millionwitha

landareao5.3millionhectares.

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SingaporesentateamoofcerstoJambioraact-fndingmissioninJanuary2007

tounderstandandassessthegroundconditions,legislationandenorcementregime

otheexistingfrepreventionandmitigationcapabilitiesandprogrammesinJambi.

Jambi ofcials brieed the Singapore Project Team

on the institutional set up, availability o resources,

etc,inJambitodealwithlandandorestfres.Jambi

Governor, Bapak Zulkii Nurdin also met with the

Singapore Team toexpresshis commitment to the

collaborationbetween

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Following the act-fnding mission, the Singapore Project Team prepared the

Framework o the Master Plan, which was then sent to Jambi and Jakarta, or

commentsandinputs.

Ofcials rom Jambi and KLH were also invited to Singapore to work on the

FrameworkotheMasterPlan.Therameworkwasfnalizedwiththesigningothe

Letter o Intent (LOI) between KLH and MEWR (Ministry o the Environment and

WaterResources)inNovember2007toormalizethedevelopmentotheMaster

Planandtheimplementationoagreedactivitiestodealwithlandandorestfresin

MuaroJambiRegencyoraperiodotwoyears.

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Signing ceremony o the Letter O Intent (LOI) on the development and

implementation o the agreed activities to deal with land and orest fres in

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MuaroJambiRegencyisoneonineregenciesinJambiprovince.TheMasterPlan

setsoutthestrategyandapproachorlandclearingwithouttheuseofre,aswellas

thepreventionandmitigationopeatlandfresinMuaroJambiRegency.Itoutlinesa

modelorsustainablelandclearingpractices.ThekeyocusotheMasterPlanisonFirePrevention.TheMasterPlanbelongstoJambiandisimplementedbyJambi

authorities.

Under the Master Plan,Singapore provided technical assistance toJambi in the

implementationosomespecifcprogrammes.

Isuccessullyimplemented,theJambiMasterPlancanserveasamodelorother

fre-proneregencies/districtsinIndonesia.

The JambiProvincialGovernment selectedMuaro JambiRegency basedonthe

ollowingconsiderations:

TheRegencyisfre-prone

TheproximityotheRegencytoKotaJambi(manyresidentsinKotaJambiwere

aectedbythesmokehazecausedbythelandandorestfresin2006.)

The Regencyhas manyarchaeological sitesogreat historical importancethat

warrantedprotectionromfres

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JambiProvincehighlightedingreen


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Summary of Master Plan

ItisundertheownershipotheIndonesianGovernment.

JambiandKLHareresponsibleorthedevelopmentandimplementationotheActionProgrammesundertheMasterPlan.

Singapore and other stakeholders, including ASEAN Member Countries,international and regional organizations, will assist Jambi and KLH in theimplementation o the programmes under the Master Plan, i requested byIndonesia.

Singaporeoersunding,technicalexpertiseandassistancetoimplementsomespecifcactionprogrammesundertheMasterPlan.

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Action Programmes

Foraperiodo2years,JambiprovincialofcialsworkedcloselywithSingapores

projectteamtoensurethesuccessulimplementationotheActionProgrammes(AP)undertheMasterPlan.Intermsofnancialsupport,Singaporesetasideasum

oS$1milliontoimplementsevenselectedActionProgrammesunderitstechnical

assistancetoIndonesia.

ThesevenselectedActionProgrammesareasollows:

1.WorkshoptodevelopthecapacityotheJambiofcersinreadingandinterpretation

osatelliteimageryandhotspotInormation

2.Socializationworkshoponsustainablearmingandzero-burningpractices

3.Developmentoland-usemaporMuaroJambiRegency

4.InstallationoaGeographicalInormationSystem(GIS)tosupportregionalfreand

hazemonitoringandassessment

5.SettingupairandweathermonitoringstationsanddevelopmentoaFireDanger

RatingSystem(FDRS)

6.Reviewothefrepreventionandsuppressioncapabilityandcapacityoplantation

companiesandrelevantstakeholdersinMuaroJambiRegency

7.Trainingworkshoponfrepreventionandsuppressioncapabilities

Jambi and Singapore have successully completed all the seven programmes

identifedundertheambitotheIndonesia-Singaporecollaboration.Inthemeantime,

Singaporehasalsodeveloped2newadditionalactionprogrammes,vizPeatland

management knowledge base and training programme with Singapore-Delt

WaterAlliance(SDWA)andEnhancementoaquacultureexpertiseinJambiwith

SingaporeFoodIndustries(SFI).

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(1) Workshop to Develop the Capacity o the Jambi Ofcers in Reading and

Interpretation o Satellite Imagery and Hotspot Inormation

Objective: To train the Indonesian ofcials in the area o satellite imagery

interpretation.

Details: Under this Action Programme, a workshop was organised or ofcials

dealing with environment, orestry and land management issues. The workshop

coveredthe principles osatellite remote sensing,understanding o the basis or

hotspotandsmokehazedetectionusingsatellites,interpretationosatelliteimages

andbasicknowledgeoambientairqualitymonitoring.

TworunsotheworkshopwereconductedinSingaporeinJanuary2008andMarch

2008,byofcersromMeteorologicalServicesoSingaporeandthePollutionControl

DepartmentotheNationalEnvironmentAgency(NEA).

Outcome:OfcialsromJambiprovincialgovernmentandKLHwhoattendedthe

workshopsbecame profcient in satellite imagery interpretation andsubsequently

actedastrainersortheirrespectiveofcersintheirprovincesandorganisations.

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Participantsattendingthesatelliteimagery

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(2) Socialization Workshop on Sustainable Farming and Zero-Burning

Practices

Objective:Toincreasetheknowledgeandcapabilityoparticipantsinpreventing

andmanagingfresinthelandandorests.

Details:JambiprovincialgovernmentandNEAjointlyorganizedtheworkshopwith

supportromPTWiraKaryaSakti,apulpplantationcompany.HeldinApril2008

in Jambi, the workshop was attended by participants comprising village chies,

communityleaders,governmentofcialsandnon-governmentalorganizations.

Internationalexpertsonpeatlandmanagementandorestfresuppressionsuchas

Singapore-DeltWaterAlliance(SDWA)andAsiaPacifcResourcesInternationalLtd

(APRIL) also shared their experiencesat the workshop. Hands-ontrainingwere

conductedatPTWirkaryaSaktisCommunityDevelopmentCentre.

Outcome: Besides increasing the knowledge and capability o participants in

preventingandmanagingfresinthelandandorests,theworkshopalsoraisedthe

awarenessamonglocalcommunityonfreprevention&suppression,sustainable

armingpracticesandzero-burninglandclearancemethods.

From the workshop, we learn about sustainable

armingidentiy obstacles and ways oovercoming them. - Pak Roslan rom Arang-

Arang Village

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Participantsattending

theWorkshop

Programme Partners:

AsiaPacifcResources

InternationalLtd(APRIL)

PTWiraKaryaSakti

Singapore-DeltWaterAlliance

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(3) Development o Land-Use Map or Muaro Jambi Regency

Objective:Todevelopanup-to-datelandusemaporJambiofcialstoidentiyand

monitorareasaectedbyorest/plantationfresandwhichtheycanuseortheirfre

preventionplanning.

Details: The map was developed by Singapores Centre or Remote Imaging,

SensingandProcessing(CRISP),incloseconsultationwithofcialsromMuaroJambi

RegencyPlanningBoard.Satelliteimagerydatawasutilizedtoconductageneral

land analysiso the Muaro Jambi region tomap out orested areas, grasslands,

plantationsetc.

Outcome:Theup-to-datelandusemaphasenabledtheJambiofcialstoidentiy

andmonitorareasthatareaectedbyorest/plantationfres.Inaddition,themapis

useultotheJambigovernmentintheirlandresourceplanningtomeetthechallenges

acedbytheRegency,especiallyintheareaodeorestation.

The land use map will be useul in our land

resource planning. It also helps identiy areas

that are aected by land and orest fres. - Pak

Dasra, Muaro Jambi Regency

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Discussionon

thelandusemap

Programme Partner:

CentreorRemoteImaging,SensingandProcessing(CRISP)


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(4) Installation o a Geographical Inormation System (GIS) to Support

Regional Fire and Haze Monitoring and Assessment

Objective:Todevelopasystemtosupportregionalfreandhazemonitoring,and

generateinormationonhotspotactivitiesinMuaroJambiRegency.

Details:GIScanbeusedtomanage,analyzeanddisplaygeographicallyreerenced

inormation, such as hotspot inormation generated rom satellite data. It could

alsobeusedtogenerateuseulmonitoringinormation,whichcanbeusedbythe

Indonesianofcialstoidentiyareasaectedbylandandorestfres.Suchinormation

isuseulintheassessmentotheregionalfreandsmokehazesituation.

Outcome:GISwasimplementedsinceJuly2008togenerateaccurateinormation

onareasaectedbylandandorestfresromsatellitedata.

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GISapplicationenableszoomingintotheregencyromtheregionalimageoSumatra


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(5) Setting up Air and Weather Monitoring Stations and Development o a

Fire Danger Rating System

Objective:Toinstallmonitoringstationstomeasuretheleveloparticulatematter

(PM10)inambientair,windspeedanddirection,temperature,relativehumidityand

rainall.

Details:Twoautomatedairmonitoringstationsandtwoweathermonitoringstations

wereinstalledinJambiProvince.TheairmonitoringstationsenableJambiresidents

tohaveaccesstodailyPollutantStandardsIndex(PSI)readings.Thesereadings

areuseulduringperiodsohazeepisodes,asthePSIreadingswouldbeusedto

activatetheissuanceohealthadvisoriesandimplementationohealthprotection

measuresorthelocalresidents.

Inaddition,duringperiodsodryweather,thedataobtainedromthenewlyinstalled

weathermonitoringstationsareusedasinputsortheFireDangerRatingSystem

(FDRS).TheSystemgeneratesaFireDangerRatingIndex(FDRI),whichdenotes

the risk o orest/vegetation fre occurrence. The Index is helpul in planning fre

managementresourcesandgivingearlywarningtopreventlandandorestfres.

Outcome: Theairandweathermonitoringstationshavebeeninstalledsuccesully

andareoperatingwell.TheofcersromMuaroJambisenvironmentalofcehave

beentrainedtooperateandcarryoutsimplemaintenanceandtrouble-shootingo

theairandweathermonitoringequipment.

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To mark the completion o the air and

weathermonitoringstations,ahandover

ceremonywasheldon24July2009in

JambiProvince.Theeventwashosted

by the Governor o Jambi and graced

bytheEnvironmentMinistersromboth

IndonesiaandSingapore.

StateMinisteroEnvironment(Indonesia)Bapak Rachmat Witoelar giving hisOpening Address at the HandoverCeremony


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Minister or the Environment & Water

Resources (Singapore) Dr Yaacob Ibrahim

givinghisremarks

Bapak Zulkii Nurdin, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim,

BapakRachmatWitoelarsigningtheplaqueat

thehandoverceremonyotheairandweather

monitoringstationsinJambiProvince

(romright)CEO(NEA)MrAndrewTan,Deputy

Minister(KLH)IbuNelly(center)togetherwithofcialsandstudentsatthetreeplanting

ceremony

Equipmentused

tomonitorparticulate

matter(PM10)

AirandWeatherMonitoringStation

atSengeti


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(6) Review o the Fire Prevention and Suppression Capability and Capacity o

Plantation Companies and Relevant Stakeholders in Muaro Jambi Regency

Objective: Toconductareviewothe frepreventionand suppression capability

and capacityoplantation companies and relevant stakeholders in Muaro Jambi

Regency.

Details: NEA had partnered Asia Pacifc Resources International Ltd (APRIL),

acompanywithpulpandpaperconcessionsinSumatratocarryoutthisaction

programme.APRILhadoeredtheservicesotheirfresaetyandaviationmanager,

Mr Brad Sanders, who has extensive ground experience and expertise on fre

preventionandsuppressioninIndonesia.MrSandersconductedthereviewinJambi

in November 2008, together with a team o ofcers rom NEA, Jambi Provincial

GovernmentandMuaroJambiRegency.

Outcome:Thereviewcarriedoutincludedanassessmentoexistingfre-fghting

arrangements inMuaro Jambi Regency and theircapabilities and eectivenessinfre preventionand suppression. The review also identifed gaps infre-fghting

arrangement among the provincial government, concessionaires, community

plantations,ManggalaAgni(frebrigade)andlocalvillagebrigadesinMuaroJambi

Regency. The fndings and recommendations have been shared with the Jambi

provincialgovernmentandusedinatrainingworkshoptobridgethegapsidentifed.

Thetrainingworkshopisthe7thactionprogramme.

Programme Partner:AsiaPacifcResourcesInternationalLtd(APRIL)

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The Jambi and Singapore projectteam members visiting a village inMuaroJambiRegency


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(7) Training Workshop on Fire Fighting and Suppression Capabilities

Objective: To conduct training on fre-fghting or the villagers, Manggala Agni

(FireBrigades)andotherstakeholderssuchasplantationcompaniesandDistrict

Ofcials.

Outcome:Thestakeholdersweretaughtthatfrepreventionwasthemosteective

wayominimizingandmanagingfres.Severalstrategicmeasureswereidentifed

andcompiledintoanActionPlantobedisseminatedtotherelevantstakeholders,

especially the Provincialand RegencyGovernment sothatthere wouldbebetter

coordinationbetweenthestakeholderstosuppressthelandandorestfres.

Programme Partner:AsiaPacifcResourcesInternationalLtd(APRIL)

this workshop allows people rom the government agencies, villagers and private sector to work

together to develop sustainable fre management strategies.- Pak Hari, participant rom the local

palm oil plantation.

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Experience and Lessons Learnt

Importance o Communication

TheSingaporeProjectTeamestablishedcontactwiththeirIndonesiancolleagues

in Jambi Province in January 2007 ater Indonesia invited ASEAN countries to

collaborate with its fre-prone provinces/regencies to prevent and mitigate land

andorestfresundertheIndonesiaPlanoAction(PoA).Together,theyworkedto

understandthelocalgroundconditionsintacklinglandandorestfres.Theofcials

rombothcountriesalsometoverseveralmonthstodiscussanddeveloptheaction

programmes.WiththestrongleadershipromtheGovernoroJambi,commitmentby

hisprovincialofcials,aswellassupportromKLH,theofcialsrombothcountries

wereabletosuccessullycompleteallthe7actionprogrammeswithintwoyears.

During the dry season in 2008, the Jambi ofcials were able to utilise the tools

developedundertheactionprogrammesuchashotspotinormationandland-used

map,tomonitorthehotspotssituationinJambiandalsodevelopfresuppression

strategies.NEAofcialsalsoprovidedsupportandworkedcloselywiththeIndonesian

ofcialstounderstandthegroundsituation.

Contributions o Non-Government Organizations (NGOs)

Apart rom the Jambi provincial government, Non-Government Organizations

(NGOs)alsoplayedanimportantroleintheimplementationosomeotheprojects.

Forinstance,YayasanPinangSebatang(PINSE),anactiveenvironmentalNGOin

Jambi,wasinvolvedinsomeotheprojectssuchasthesocialisationworkshopon

sustainablearmingandzeroburningpractices.

PINSEworkedcloselywiththeJambiprovincialgovernmentandhadbuiltupgood

rapportwiththeJambicommunity.Duringthesocializationworkshop,PINSEused

theirgoodlocalcontactstogarnersupportromthevillagechiesandvillagersto

participateattheworkshopsandalsopromotezeroburningpracticesinthelocal

community.

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Partnership with Experts

Expertsnotonlybringon-boardtechnicalknowledgebutalsoprovideuseulcontacts

intheareaofrecontrolandmanagement.Throughpartnershipswithexpertssuch

asSingapore-DeltWaterAlliance(SDWA),researchandappropriatestrategieswere

developed tomitigatethe fresindegradedpeatlands.Peatlandfresareamajor

sourceotransboundarysmokehazeaectingtheregion.

Availability o Real-Time Inormation on Weather and Air Quality

ThePollutantStandardsIndex(PSI)andtheFireDangerRatingIndex(FDRI)provided

useulinormationtoprovincialauthoritiesandthelocalcommunitytopreventand

mitigatelandandorestfres.Thesedatabenefttedthecommunitybyproviding

early warning o dry conditions and early detection o land and orest fres. The

accuratemeasurementotherelativeseverityodryconditionsalsoservesasan

aidtofrecontrolprogrammes.Inthelongerterm,theinormationobtainedcouldbe

usedtoassisttheprovinceinagriculture,arming,aviation,research,etc.TheJambi

provincialgovernmentthroughitsBadanLingkunganHidup(EnvironmentOfce)has

takenoverandisnowmanagingtheairandweathermonitoringstations.

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CONCLUSION

WhiletheIndonesia-SingaporecollaborationinJambiprovincehasprogressedwell,

werecognizedthatthecombinedeortsinJambirepresentsonlyasmallpartoa

muchlargerchallengeacedbyIndonesia,aslandandorestfresarenotjustan

environmentissueinIndonesia,butalsoaectstheeconomyandhealthissueas

well.Theexperiencesandlessonsgainedthroughthiscollaborationhaveenabled

thelocalcommunityandplantationcompaniesintheprovincetobebetterprepared

todo theirparttoprevent thefresandsmokehazeproblems. Theexperiences

gainedintheimplementationotheJambiMasterPlancanbereplicatedinother

fre-proneprovincesandinthelongrunhelptobringaboutahaze-reeASEAN.

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Annex A: Timeline of Activities by the Singapore Project Team

A team o MEWR and NEA ofcials visited Jambi

to understand the ground situation, established

contactswith key Jambiofcials and worked with

theseJambiofcialstoscopeoutthekeyelements

otheMasterPlan.

Following the Fact-Finding Mission, the team

prepared the Framework o the Master Plan. The

FrameworkwassenttoJambiandJakartaortheir

viewsandcomments.

Jan 2007

Invited Jambi and KLH ofcials to Singapore to

developtheFrameworkwiththeobjectivetoreview

andfnalizetheMasterPlan.

Feb 2007

Call on the Jambi Governor to discuss the Jambi

MasterPlan.

Apr 2007

VisitedJambiwithSingaporeFoodIndustries(SFI)to

establishcontactswiththeJambiGovernorandhis

ofcials, and toexplore possibleprojects inJambi

province.

May 2007

SFI conducted easibility study on the fshery and

pineappleindustriesandtheinrastructureavailable

tosupportthem.

ThefndingswerepresentedtotheJambiGovernor.

Jul 2007

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DiscussionwithKLHontheMasterPlan.

Jambiofcialspresentedandsoughtendorsement

romJambiGovernorandKLHontheMasterPlan.

Feb Oct 2007

LetteroIntent(LOI)wassignedbetweenIndonesia

and Singapore on 7 Nov 2007 to ormalize

the development o the Master Plan and the

implementationoagreedactivitiestodealwithland

andorestfresinJambioraperiodotwoyears.

Call on the Governor and presented to him the

LOI. Also discussed the implementation o the

programmesundertheLOI.

NEA ofcers and the Jambi provincial ofcials

conductedsitevisitstoidentiypossiblelocationsor

theairandweathermonitoringstations.

Nov 2007

Firstrunotrainingoninterpretationosatelliteimagery

and hotspot inormation workshop conducted or

ofcialsromJambiprovincialgovernmentandKLH.

Senior Jambi provincial ofcials visited Singapore

to discuss the implementaion o other actionprogrammes.

Jan 2008

Second run o trainingon interpretation osatellite

imagery and hotspot inormation workshop was

conducted or ofcials rom Jambi provincial

governmentandKLH.

Mar 2008

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Socializationworkshoponsustainablearmingand

zero-burning practiceswasconductedto increase

the knowledge and capability o participants in

preventingandmanaginglandandorestfres.

Met with the Jambi provincial ofcials to seek

eedbackonthe completed programmesand also

toollowupontheoutstandingactionprogrammes.

Apr 2008

Geographical Inormation System (GIS) was

installed.

CallontheJambiGovernortoseekhisconcurrence

ontheproposedhandoverceremonyotheairand

weathermonitoringstationstobeheldinJambi.

Also updated the Governor on two new Action

Programmes.

NEAtechnicalofcersandcontractorsassistedthe

Jambi ofcials to prepare the site or the air and

weathermonitoringstations.

Jul 2008

MuaroJambiofcialsvisitedCRISPtodiscuss the

developmentotheland-usemap.

Finalised land-use map or Muaro Jambi Regency

wasdevelopedandgiventoIndonesia.

May 2008

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Reviewothefrepreventionandsuppressioncapacity

oplantationcompaniesandrelevantstakeholdersin

MuaroJambiRegencywasconducted.

Nov 2008

Overseetheinstallationandcommissioningotheair

andweathermonitoringstations.

TrainedtheJambiprovincialofcialsontheoperation

andmaintenanceotheairandweathermonitoring

stations.

Aug - Oct 2008

The air and weather monitoring stations were

commissioned.

Dec 2008

DiscussionwiththeJambiandKLHofcialsonthe

handoverceremonyotheairandweathermonitoring

stations.

Jan Jun 2009

Handoverceremonyotheairandweathermonitoring

stationswasheldon24July2009inJambi.

Jul 2009

Trainingworkshoponfrepreventionandsuppression

capabilitieswasconducted.

Aug 2009

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Annex B: Speeches at Handover Ceremony of the Air and

Weather Monitoring Stations on 24 July 2009 in

Jambi Province

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SAMBUTANMENTERINEGARALINGKUNGANHIDUP

PADAACARAHANDOVEROFPM10ANDWEATHERMONITORINGSTA-TIONSBYTHEGOVERNMENTOFTHEREPUBLICOFSINGAPORETOTHEGOVERNMENTOFTHEREPUBLICOFINDONESIA

MuaroJambi,24July2009

Yth.H.E.Dr.JacobIbrahim,MinisteroEnvironmentandWaterResources,TheRepublicoSingapore,Yth.Bpk.ZulkiiNurdin,GubernurJambi,

Yth.Bpk.BurhanuddinMahir,BupatiMuaroJambi,danSeluruhUndanganyangterhormat,

Assalamualaikumwarrohmatullahiwabarokatuh,salamsejahtera,

Pertama-tamasayaucapkanpujisyukurkepadaAllahSWTyangdenganperkenan-Nyaacarainidapatdiselenggarakanpadahariini.Ucapanterimakasihsayasam-paikankepadaPemerintahProvinsiJambiyangtelahmemasilitasipenyelenggaraan

acaraserahterimaperalatanpemantauanparticulatematterkurangdari10mikron(PM10)dariPemerintahRepublikSingapurakepadaPemerintahRepublikIndonesia.Selainitu,penghargaanjugasayasampaikankepadaPemerintahKabupatenMuaroJambiyangtelahbersediamenjaditempatpenyelenggaraanacara.

Hadirinyangsayahormati,

SayamengajakseluruhelemenmasyarakatJambiuntukmembangunJambiden-ganmengedepankanetikadannormayangtelahdibangundandisepakati,termas-uk didalamnya berbagai aturan hukum, baik di tingkat daerah maupun nasional.


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Dalamhalpengendaliankebakaranhutandanlahan,dengandukungansemuapihakdibantuiklimyangbasahmakapemerintahIndonesiatelahberhasilmenekanjumlahtitikpanassebesar52%padatahun2007dan49%padatahun2008dibanding-kandenganjumlahtitikpanaspadatahun2006.Tetapipadatahun2009,menurutdatapemantauantitikpanasKementerianNegaraLingkunganHidup(KLH)sampaidenganmingguini,diwilayahSumatrajumlahtitikpanasadalah6615dansudahmelebihijumlahtitikpanaspadaperiodeyangsamapadatahun2006yaitu5365titikpanas.KeadaanyangsamainijugaterjadidiJambidimanajumlahnyaadalah710titikpanaspadatahun2009dibandingkan392titikpanaspadatahun2006.KhususuntukKabupatenMuaroJambi,jumlahtitikpanasterdeteksisampaisaatiniditahun2009adalah15titikpanas,lebihrendahdibandingkanpadaperiodeyangsamatahun2006yaitusejumlah46titikpanas.

Kecenderunganpeningkatanjumlahtitikpanaspadabulanakhir-akhiriniditahun

2009 menimbulkan perhatian kita karena disamping Indonesia tidak akan dapatmencapaitarget penurunan titikpanas, kondisi ini juga telahmeniadakanupaya-upayayangtelahdansedangdibangunselamaini.Adapuntargetpenurunanjumlahtitikpanasyangtertuangdalamrencanaaksinasionalperubahaniklimadalahsebe-sar50%sampaitahun2009,sebesar75%sampaitahun2012dan95%sampaitahun2025.

Hadirinyangsayahormati,

Ijinkansayauntuksekilasmemberikanuraiantentanglatarbelakangterjadinyaker-jasama Indonesia dan Singapura mengenai pengendalian kebakaran di ProvinsiJambi.HalinidibangundaripertemuanTechnicalWorkingGroup(TWG)danMinis-terialSteeringCommittee(MSC)yangsecararutindiselenggarakanditingkatregion-al.Pertemuaninibertujuanuntukmembangunkerjasamaregionalterkaitpengen-daliankebakaranhutandanlahansertapencemaranasaplintasbatas.Kerjasamadiperlukankarenaisuinisudahmenjadiperhatiantidakhanyaditingkatnasional,tetapijugatingkatregionaldaninternasional.Isuyangdibicarakantermasukdamp-akkebakaranhutandanlahanyangberupaasapyangtelahmerugikandiberbagai

bidangtermasukbidangekonomi,kesehatandanlingkunganhidupkhususnyabagiIndonesiasendiridandirasakanjugadinegara-negaralainsepertiSingapuradanMalaysia.Padagilirannya,dampakberupaasaplintasbatastersebuttelahmeng-


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ganggujalannyapembangunandiIndonesiadannegarayangjugaterpapar.

Undanganyangterhormat,

Indonesiamemerlukandukungandarinegaralaindalampengendaliankebakaranhutandanlahan.KerjasamayangdibangunantaralaindenganPemerintah

SingapurayaituuntukmencegahdanmenanggulangikebakaranhutandanlahansertadampaknyadiProvinsiJambi.KerjasamainitertuangdalamLetteroIntent(LOI)yangtelahditandatanganipadatanggal7Nopember2007.BerdasarkanLOIyangtelahditandatanganitersebutbahwakegiatanyangdiidentifkasidandisepakatiuntukdilaksanakandalamkerangkaLOIiniharusdisepakatiolehduanegara. Untuk itu, kegiatan yang dilaksanakan harus dapat mendukung ProvinsiJambidalampengendaliankebakaranhutandanlahansertapencemaranasaplintasbatas.Selainitu,jugadapatmenggerakkanpihakterlibatuntukberperanlangsungdalampengendaliankebakaranhutandanlahan.Halinisupayadapatmenunjukkanbahwaseluruhpihakberkomitmendanberkontribusilangsungdalampengendaliankebakaranhutandanlahansertapencemaranasaplintasbatasyangtidakhanyauntukmengatasipermasalahannasionaltetapijugadiregional.

Padahariini,salahsatubentukdarikerjasamayangdilakukanadalahmelakukanpemantauanpencemaranasapdenganparameteryangdipantauadalahPM10.Pe-mantauanPM10pentingsebagaisistemdeteksidinisehinggapemerintahdaerahdapatmengambillangkahsegerasepertiuntukmelindungimasyarakatsupayatidak

terpapar asap yang dapat mengganggu kesehatan, atau terhadap keselamatantransportasi.AlatyangdibantuolehPemerintahSingapurainisupayadapatdiop-erasionalisasikandandipeliharadenganbaikolehPemerintahDaerah.

Hadirinsekalianyangsayahormati,

Sayaberharapbahwakegiataninidapatberjalanlancardankerjasamayangdibangundapatmemberikanmanaatkepadaduanegara.Sekalilagisayaucapkan terima kasihkepada semuapihakyang terlibatdalampenyelenggaraan

acaraini.PenghargaanjugasayaberikankepadaPemerintahSingapuraatasberjalannyakerjasamaselamaini.

Wassalam,

Ir.RachmatWitoelarMenteriNegaraLingkunganHidupRepublikIndonesia


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R E P U B L I C O F S I N G A P O R E

REMARKS BY DR YAACOB IBRAHIM

MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

AND WATER RESOURCES

AT THE HANDOVER CEREMONY FOR THE AIR QUALITY AND

WEATHER MONITORING STATIONS

24 JULY 2009

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DearExcellencies,PakRachmatandPakZulkiiDistinguishedGuests,LadiesandGentlemen

Iamverypleasedtobeheretodayonthishappyoccasiontowitnesstheofcialtaking over o the air quality and weather monitoring stations by our Indonesian

riendsandcolleagues.TodayseventmarksanimportantmilestoneintheIndonesia-SingaporeCollaborationinJambiProvince.ThiscollaborationwouldnotbepossiblewithoutthecommitmentromPakZulkiiandhisofcialsintheJambiprovincialgovernmenttoworktogetherwithSingapore.Ialsowanttoexpressdeepappreciationtomydearcolleague,PakRachmat,whohasstronglysupportedthisprojecttogetherwithhisdedicatedteamromtheIndonesianStateMinistryoEnvironment.

BackgroundoCollaborationIrecallthatin2006aterahazeepisode,IndonesiahadinvitedASEANcountriestocollaboratewiththefre-proneprovinces/regenciestopreventandmitigatelandandorest fresunderthe IndonesianPlanoAction (PoA). Singaporehad respondedimmediatelytothatinvitationandoeredtocollaboratewiththeJambiProvincialGovernmentandIndonesiasStateMinistryoEnvironmenttodevelopaMasterPlantodealwithlandandorestfresinMuaroJambiRegency.

FollowingthisinJan2007,ateamoofcersromtheSingaporeMinistryotheEnvironmentandWaterResources(MEWR)andtheNationalEnvironmentAgency(NEA)establishedcontactwithourriendsinJambi.Together,theyworkedondeeperunderstandingothelocalgroundconditionsintacklinglandandorestfres.Aact-fndingmissionwasconductedandsubsequentlyollowedbyseveralothersimilarvisitstoJambioverseveralmonths.WiththestrongleadershipoPakZulkii,commitmentbyhisprovincialofcialsaswellassupportromourKLHcolleagues,bothourcountriesworkedcloselytogethertodeveloptheJambiMasterPlantoimplementmeasurestoaddressthelandandorestfres.

TheLetteroIntent(LOI)signedinNov2007ormalisedourcollaborationandtheJambiMasterPlan.TheLOIprovidedbothIndonesiaandSingaporetheopportunitytojointlydevelopandimplementactionprogrammesandmeasurestoeectivelypreventandmanagethefresontheground.

ActionProgrammesUndertheCollaboration

Atotalo7actionprogrammesweredeveloped.ItiswithgreatpleasuretodaythatI

announcethatwehavealreadycompleted6othese7actionprogrammes.IwastoldthattheJambiofcialsappointedbyPakZulkiitoimplementthevariousactionprogrammeshadbeenverycooperativeandhelpulinensuringthesmooth


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implementationotheactionprogrammes.AllthesewouldalsonothavebeenpossiblewithoutthehardworkotheJambiProvincialGovernmentunderPakZulkii.Theyarecommittedbecausetheyrecognisethatthesmokehazeaectedthehealthandeconomicwell-beingothepeopleoJambimorethananyoneelseintheregion.

Amongstthe6programmescompletedistheinstallationandsettingupotheairqualityandweathermonitoringstationsinMuaroJambiRegency.ThesestationshavebeenoperationalsinceDec2008andIhavebeeninormedbyPakZulkiithatdatacollectedromthesestationshavegivenhispeopleaccesstovaluableinorma-tionsuchasthestateotheairqualityandalertsonthefredangersituation.IhopethatthesestationswouldcontinuetosupportJambiseortsinthepreventionandmitigationothefres.Iunderstandthatthelastremainingactionprogramme,namelyTrainingonFirePreventionandSuppressionCapabilities,willalsocommencesoon.Withthecompletionothatprogramme,SingaporeandIndonesiawouldhavethencompletedalltheprogrammesidentifedundertheLOI.

Theseactionprogrammeshavebenefttedthelocalauthoritiesandcommunitiesbyenhancingtheircapacitiesandknowledgeinpreventingfres.Inthisregard,wehopetocontinuecollaboratingwithJambibeyondtheagreedprogrammesundertheLOI.

Iamthereorepleasedtonotethattwonewactionprogrammeshavealreadybeendeveloped.OneothemistheJambiPeatlandManagementproject,whichisjointlyimplementedwithourpartnersromtheSingaporeDeltWaterAlliance(SDWA)andtheJambiUniversity.Theotherproject,whichinvolvestheEnhancementoAquacultureExpertiseinJambi,wouldcommencebythisyear,anditwillbecarriedoutinconjunctionwithourpartner,theSingaporeFoodIndustries(SFI)

TransboundaryHazePollution

Whileourcollaborationhasprogressedwell,wemustallbeawarethatourprogrammesinJambirepresentonlyasmallpartoamuchlargerchallengethatweace,aslandandorestfresarenotjustanenvironmentissue,butalsoaneconomicandsocialone.Wethereorehavetorelyonacoordinatedmulti-sectoralapproachandlongtermcommitmentbynotonlyallousheretoday,butalsobyourcol-leaguesinotheragencies,partnersintheprivatesectorandalsothelocalpopulation.Onlywheneveryvillageandplantationineveryprovinceiscommittedtoeortstopreventsmokehazewilltheregionbereeromiteverydryseason.

Theregionisnowinthedryseasonandthereoremustremainvigilanttoensurethatsmokehazedoesnotaectus.Themainmessagethatwewanttoconveyromtodayistheneedtostepupeortstopreventandmitigatelandandorestfres.I


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believethatallousareawareotheeconomic,healthandsocialrepercussions,nottomentionthefnancialeectssuchas lossotourismreceipts,increaseinhealthcosts,andenvironmentalpollutioncosts,iaseverehazeepisodeweretostrikeusagain.Hence,Iwouldliketourgealloustocontinuecooperatingcloselywithoneanother,sothatalloourhardworkdonesoarwouldnotgotowaste.Wemustworktowardsahaze-reeASEAN.

ConcludingRemarksBasedontheeedbackrommyofcers,oneworthytakeawayromtheIndonesia-Singapore collaboration inJambi is the genuine riendship and closerelationshipbuiltupovertheyearsbetweenofcialsrombothcountries.SingaporeandIndonesiaarecommittedtomaintainthiscloserelationshipsothatwemaycontinuetoworktogethereectivelytojointlytacklethechallengesassociatedwithlandandorestfres.

Inclosing,IwishtoexpressmyspecialthankstoPakZulkiiorgivinghissupportandleadershipselessly.ThecollaborationwouldnothavebeensuccessulwithoutPakZuliispivotalroleinguidingourofcialsandgivinghisullsupporttotheimplementationotheactionprogrammes.

IwouldalsoliketothankPakRachmatortakingprecioustimeoyourbusyscheduletogracethisimportanteventandyourcommitmenttopreventinghazeintheregion.

Lastbutnotleast,IwouldliketoexpressourgratitudetotheGovernmentoIndonesiaandtheProvincialGovernmentoJambioralltheexcellentarrangementsandhospitalityextendedtomeandmydelegation.IlookorwardtourtheropportunitiestodevelopandstrengthenthecollaborationandcommitmentwithourIndonesianriendsandcolleagues.

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WewouldliketoexpressoursincereappreciationtoourcolleaguesromKLH,Jambi

provincialgovernmentandpartnerswhohaveassistedusintheimplementationotheactionprogrammes:

AsiaPacifcResourcesInternationalLtd(APRIL)

CentreorRemoteImaging,SensingandProcessing(CRISP)

PTWiraKaryaSakti

Singapore-DeltWaterAlliance(SDWA)

SingaporeFoodIndustries(SFI)


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RepublicoSingapore

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