Wetland fire in community perspectives

Abstract

Community perception greatly affects the occurrence of fire because if the community has the intention to burn land, it will produce behavior to burn land. The intention of carrying out an action, including burning land, does not appear suddenly but must go through stages. Behavior Planned Theory states that behavior can be predicted by attitudes toward behavior, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control that will change the intentions and behavior of individuals. The study design is qualitative with a descriptive approach, which is to review and analyze people's perceptions of fire events in the Ogan Ilir wetlands of South Sumatra. Study informants consist of expert informants and key informants. The expert informants in this study are the Regional Disaster Management Agency, the Subdistrict Head, and the Village Head. Expert informants are the community in the subdistrict at the study site. The results showed that attitudes towards behavior, subjective norms and perceptions of control had a positive effect on people's perceptions of land fires. Information related to the impact of land fires, social, and environmental support, and strong regulations related to burning sanctions can provide a positive perception so that it can prevent people from burning land.