{"id":7676,"date":"2018-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rgei-2.hellopomelo.space\/uncategorized\/ffvps-4th-anniversary-engaged-communities-fewer-fires\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T11:54:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T03:54:28","slug":"ffvps-4th-anniversary-engaged-communities-fewer-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rgei-2.hellopomelo.space\/zh-hans\/rge-updates-and-latest-news-from-the-group\/ffvps-4th-anniversary-engaged-communities-fewer-fires\/","title":{"rendered":"FFVP’s 4th Anniversary: Engaged Communities, Fewer Fires"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 26 July 2018, leading pulp and paper producer<\/a> APRIL celebrated the fourth anniversary of its successful Fire-Free Village Programme (FFVP). An evolution of the Village Incentive Programme in 2014, the initiative seeks to engage communities as an on-the-ground approach to address the problem of fire and haze in Indonesia<\/a>.\u00a0The event was attended by various stakeholders including representatives from Indonesia’s regional government, military, police, community leaders and members of the media.<\/p>\n

In its 2017 review of the programme<\/a>, independent NGO Carbon Conservation said, \u201cSignificant improvements have been recorded since the 2014 commencement of FFVP, with 159 hectares of total burnt land over an area of 622,112 hectares recorded in 2017, compared to 618 hectares of total burnt land over an area of 352,146 hectares in 2014. This represents an overall reduction of 97% of burnt land since 2014.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Challenge to Opportunity<\/strong><\/p>\n

Solving the fires that scorch Indonesia’s landscape is no easy task. Historically and culturally, fire has been used a land management tool to clear and prepare land for agricultural use.<\/p>\n

What FFVP does is to turn the problem on its head \u2013 of seeing communities as part of the solution and not merely as the origin of the problem.<\/p>\n

Communities surrounding the company\u2019s concession areas are evaluated based on their risk profile. They then undergo three phases of engagement: Fire Aware Communities (FAC), FFVP, and Fire Resilient Communities (FRC).<\/p>\n

FACs focuses on relationship building and allows APRIL to understand community needs and challenges better. This introductory phase also allows the company to conduct school awareness programmes to highlight the negative impact of burning.<\/p>\n

This is succeeded by a two-year participation in FFVP, a phase that comprises five key projects<\/p>\n