Blame was put on the combination of dry conditions caused by El Nino and the frequent use of fire to clear land. Fire is a normal phenomena in Indonesia.
Fire is used to clear land by large companies and farmers alike.
Further, fire is used in conflict situations and occur as accidental fires. The attribution of fires to different stakeholders and land uses is not known. In this research, the spatial determinants of fires in different years and at different scales is being investigated. Multivariate models were used to correlate land cover, land use, land use zones and distance to infrastructure with fire occurrence. By using areas that are at different development stages and using different scales of analysis, a general land use model of fires is being built.