Riau is currently one of the
richest provinces in Indonesia, and its resources are dominated by natural
resources, particularly oil, natural gas, rubber, palm oil and plantation fiber.
But rampant deforestation has reduced the forest area
significantly, from 78% in 1982 to only 33% in 2005. The average of 160,000
hectares of forest been cleared every year, leaving 22%, or 2.45 million
hectares in 2009. deforestation purpose of opening the gardens of palm oil and
paper production have caused the smog that is very disturbing in the province
for many years, and spread to neighboring countries such as Malaysia and
Singapore.
Many impacts arising from forest fires in Riau. The negative impact that will happen is extinction, if this continues and no further treatment . Communities will also lose the environment for animals displaced by the homeless. who are in Riau forest is a forest of moss (peat = infertile soils). Peat is flammable vegetation that not even during the dry season. Due to deliberate happened by rogue elements are concerned, they make ditches to drain the peat and burn it. The disadvantage is that ground vegetation will be reduced as the soil will be incompressible (hardened) because of the loss of organic nutrient, and animals that can break down dead organic nutrients.
In addition to the adverse impact at the top there are some positive impact. Wildfires make peremajan effect of forests and forest soil fertility because of ash into a mineral essential for forest land. Usually after a burned out forest will grow new shoots that grow very rapidly because of forest land into fertile. Burning forests are also often used as one method of clearing land for plantations and agriculture. Humus burning can nourish the soil and accelerate the addition of minerals in the soil. Woodland have been burned relatively fertile agricultural land or plantations. Forest fires can also destroy pests and diseases.
