Questioning law enforcement against forest fire in Indonesia

Forest fires in Indonesia occur repeatedly every year and longer droughts are generally followed by more widespread forest fires. The impact caused by the forest fire is very significant environ-mentally, economically, and socially. Almost all of these forest fires are triggered by human actions, so it makes sense that actors who cause forest fires must take responsibility for their actions before the law. But unfortunately, law enforcement against forest fires is very awkward and unfair. Using satellite imagery and land use maps, one can detect the distribution of hotspots that are most likely to cause forest fires and who controls the burning land. Forest fires generally occur on land that appears neglected. Law enforcement is generally carried out against private actors who are considered to control land that is on fire, while government actors who also have the responsibility for the absence of forest fires have never been prosecuted as happened to private actors. Furthermore, the way the government calculates losses due to forest fires is very unreasonable.