The paper assesses forest and land fire programs in Indonesia in general and factors which have hindered the formulation and implementation of effective programs involving all stakeholders, as well as drawing lessons from the past to prevent, mitigate and stop the occurrence of forest and land fires. Findings underscore the difficulties in sustaining support for forest fire programs after peak periods in fires; the multiplicity of forest and land fire management programs, which complicates coordination; differences in priorities of stakeholders involved, the central government, and local...

The book delves into the problems that have punctuated and shaped Indonesian industry right from colonialism , Old order, New Order, to Reformation regime, which have largely contributed to turning what once was a pinnacle of success in farm management in 1930s into a testament of missed opportunities, inefficiency; poor incentive design and targeting; paucity of coordination among central government, local governments, private sector, state owned enterprises, small scale growers and local communities; and essentially bad policy making at its best. That said, authors attempt to guide...