Musim Mas joins the Fire Free Alliance

Jakarta — Musim Mas is pleased to announce that it will join a group of leading forestry and agriculture companies, NGOs and other partners to form the Fire Free Alliance (FFA), a voluntary, multi-stakeholder platform to aid in the solution to land and forest fires in Indonesia.

Founding members include APRIL Group, Asian Agri, IDH, Musim Mas, PM.Haze, Rumah Pohon and Wilmar. Members have jointly committed to collaborate and share knowledge, information and potentially, resources to roll out fire prevention initiatives based on APRIL Group’s Fire Free Village Programme (FFVP), and also to enhance fire monitoring, detection and suppression.

FFA members will adopt and implement the FFVP, sharing lessons and best practices on how partnerships and engagement with the communities can protect forests from the high risk of fires. NGOs and other partners will contribute towards facilitation to a wider group of companies, research capability and where the expertise is available, review fire management strategies and practices of FFA members. The FFA’s commitment supports the Indonesian Government’s commitment to a Haze Free ASEAN by 2020.

“We believe the FFA will be a valuable platform to exchange Good Practices and enhance Musim Mas’ existing firefighting plans,” said Dr Petra Meekers, Director of Sustainable Development, Musim Mas.

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