Civil society participation model: forest and land fire prevention policy in Jambi Province

Abstract

This study analyses the factors influencing community participation in forest and land fire prevention. The focus of this research is on Jambi Province. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method to describe, record, analyze and interpret the current or existing conditions. The informants in this study were the people of Jambi Province, consisting of the Jambi Provincial Forestry Service and ordinary people. Data analysis used the NVivo 12 plus data processing application, a qualitative document analysis tool with computer assistance. They are easy to use and can process words and explore word frequency, attributes, and cases from big data, generating factor categories in journalistic and research applications related to the research topic. The results showed that the government made a strategy to encourage community participation in environmental management cooperation, especially in overcoming the problem of forest and land fires in Jambi Province. Informal reactions from the community can be seen through the government's policy to create a Fire Care Group Program that is motivated by community aspirations for forest and land fires. The government formed a Fire Care Group to reduce the number of forest and land fires.