Evaluating the Implementation of Forest and Land Fires Prevention and Alleviation Policy in Jekan Raya Sub-district,

Forest fire – especially the one which is related to social-economy impact nationally and reg ionally – interests many people. Indonesia is a high-level forest fire country and most of forest fires happen in Kalimantan. Regarding this issue, government has decided a policy of preventing and alleviating forest fire that is socialized to regional area including Palangka Raya. The policy is decided through Local Government Rule of Palangka Raya Number 7, 2003. The ru le is about preventing and alleviating forest and land fires. This research aims at describing: 1) the background of research, 2) implementation of policy, and 3) impact of forest and land fires prevention and alleviation policy in Jekan Raya Sub-district, Palangka Raya City. This research used descriptive-qualitative method with interactive analysis technique. The research data were obtained from interview and focus group discussion (FGD) as the primary sources. In addit ion, the secondary data were obtained from literary rev iew as the secondary sources. The research scope was Jekan Raya Sub-district, Palangka Raya City. The research results showed that: 1) forest and land fires happen continually and even they can be said as a cycle. Therefore, the government decided to decrease forest fire number by enhancing people’s, apparatus and other elements ’ awareness to get involved with in it; 2) the policy of forest and land fires prevention and alleviation are implemented in the three main components: identifying characteristics and causes