67 West Kalimantan (Kalbar) Young People Initiate Innovations to Prevent Forest and Land Fires through the FYVR Summit

WEST KALIMANTAN (KALBAR, GARISBUMI.com – A total of 67 young people from West Kalimantan (Kalbar) designed ideas for preventing forest and land fires (karhutla) through the Forest Youthverse Resilience (FYVR) Summit. They also studied with Manggala Agni to understand the challenges of controlling fires in the field.

Participants who are members of 11 Forest Conservation Generation (Genries) groups presented their respective innovations, benefits and action plans. The ideas that emerged included preventing forest and land fires, utilizing wood waste, and youth-based mangrove conservation and digital technology.

The FYVR Summit was organized by the Forest Conservation Generation Development Center (Pusgenri), the Human Resources Extension and Development Agency (BP2SDM) of the Ministry of Forestry, together with the Sustainable Forest Management Center (BPHL) Region X Pontianak and the Faculty of Forestry, Tanjungpura University.

Plt. Head of BPHL Region

"Preventing forest and land fires requires the involvement of many parties, including the younger generation. Through Forest Youthverse Resilience, we hope Genries will be able to bring ideas, creativity and new ways to help prevent forest fires while protecting West Kalimantan (Kalbar)'s forests," said Irwan.

Learn Prevention and Extinguishing with Manggala Agni

Through the Fireline Experience session, participants learned with Manggala Agni Daops Kalimantan VIII/Pontianak. They get to know the equipment, take part in firefighting simulations, and learn safety procedures.

This lesson emphasizes the importance of prevention before a fire develops into a fire. Controlling forest and land fires requires the involvement of various parties from an early age, not just action when a fire occurs.