Threat of drought due to El Nino phenomenon is certainly
(again) a supporting factor for forest fire which has been destroying million
hectates of forest area. In reference to forest fire in 1997/1998 which
destroyed an area of 9.7 million hectares, the aftermath of which has
exacerbated the socio economic and environmental loss at national level as well
as at neighboring countries. On the other hand, an incident such as flood and landslide
has also increased in intensity. This is due to extreme change in rainfall
pattern such that rain distribution falls out of pattern compared with previous
seasons.
The
climate change has increased both natural disaster and non-natural disaster risk
experienced by the community. The most likely impact of climate change in
Indonesia is the increased of rainfall frequency which affects infrastructure
and housing damage in a way that many people lose their homes. Natural disaster
such as flood accounts for 1/3 of all disasters taking place in Indonesia dan
has claimed more than 50% lives and
1/3 of total economic loss due to disaster. Climate change
has also been responsible for intensifying tropical storm and the increase of
of high tide frequency at the sea, which in turn enlarges the risk of death.The
impacts of climate change on other disasters incindents can be observed in the
following table:
Table 3 Impact of Climate Change on Disaster Management
