Pengelolaan Sumber Daya Alam Dan Dampaknya Terhadap Lingkungan (Studi Kasus Kebakaran Hutan Dan Limbah Industri Sawit)

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. Indonesia has abundant natural resources, one of main contributions to the Indonesia's economic growth, where forestry and plantation sectors are two of the leading sectors of the state revenue. The natural resource management that only for fulfilling the natural resource market will give negative impact to the environment.This paper will discuss the environmental impact of forest fires caused by unsustainable forest management practices, and Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) production due to the increasing production of palm oil. Increased forest fires from year 2010 to year 2015 must be examined so then they will not be happended in the following years. An increase in the area of oil palm plantations as a respond to the market demand will increase the production of palm oil and POME. This paper will also present the predicted model of forest fire and predicted model regarding the POME production from palm oil industry in Indonesia, discuss the causes of forest fires and the causes of increased POME production, as well as policy interventions needed to deal with environmental problems from forest fires and POME.

Keywords: forest, oil palm, fire, POME