This project aims to focus on fire monitoring and prevention in Southeast Pahang Peatland Landscape through community-based fire patrolling, providing fire light tool and material to put out small scale peatland fire in the village to prevent fire from spreading near the village and forest reserve, installation of monitoring tools such as Fire Danger Rating System (FDRS) signboard and water level marker to indicate fire risk or hazard in the villages engaged, updating daily on weather information and hotspot including fire risk in SEPPL. This project also aims to enhance fire awareness among the community in the landscape to reduce the occurrence of fire due to land opening for agriculture purpose especially during the upcoming EL Nino season.
Key Activities:
- Community based fire prevention and monitoring
- Enhance protection on peatland landscape in Southeast Pahang habitat
- Improve community awareness knowledge on peatland fire risk or hazard
Key Outcomes:
- Reduce the numbers of fire occurrence in the villages in SEPPL
- Prevent fire from spreading into forest reserve
- Communities stop burning activities for land opening
