Gender Adaptation Strategy to The Impact of Forest and Land Fire in Kelampangan Village Peatland, Sebangau, Central Kalimantan

Abstract

Climate change that occurs in Central Kalimantan mostly caused by forest and land fire has led to season shifting and gender life order changing. Thus, it resulted in a poor impact on gender life sustainability that was difficult to be recovered in a short time. This research aims to identify and evaluate the adaptation of women to forest and land fires in Palangkaraya and to express solutions that can improve gender equality. The research was conducted in Kalampangan, Sebangau. This research applied an interview method with a purposive sampling technique and conducted a descriptive analysis that emphasized climate change conditions in recent years. Climate change caused land changing due to forest and land fire. Therefore, it was also able to change gender roles (women) to take responsibility to support family economic conditions. This condition created a double burden carried by women, so this condition required a choice of adaptation for women in dealing with it. The intended strategic choices were (1) surviving with these conditions and utilizing modest agricultural products; (2) changing land, using a traditional system while the restoration of burned land was processed; (3) forming post- fire farmer groups by gradually changing their mindset.