SUCCESSION POST LAND FIRE IN MARE ISLAND TIDORE ISLANDS CITY

Abstract

The forest and land fires on Mare Island, Tidore Islands City, were quite large due to the area's existing conditions, most of which were covered with flammable vegetation. Forest and land fires in this area have occurred repeatedly from 2016, 2019 to 2023. Fires cause losses in the form of loss of initial vegetation and various nutrients in the soil and also disrupt people's health. The island city of Tidore, in this case, Mare Island, is one of the areas included in the forest and land restoration priority by the North Maluku Provincial Forestry Service. This research aims to determine the form of fire, factors causing fire, and post-fire succession. The research method uses a direct survey of land-using farmers to obtain an overview of post-fire succession, and data collection uses a questionnaire filled out by people whose land experienced fire, totaling 124 respondents. The results of filling out the questionnaire were then analyzed using the percentage test (%), presented in table form, and narrated. The research results showed the answers from 124 respondents regarding the characteristics of fires on Mare Island, where all respondents answered that the fire forms were surface and canopy fires. Factors that influence fires include lack of water vapor in the air, lack of rainwater and water content in forests and land, and minimal water availability in the soil. This condition results in the land becoming dry and flammable. The impact of forest and land fires is the occurrence of secondary succession, where the initial plant types are largely replaced by new plant types that are different from the initial plants.