REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) through Directorate of Climate Change Control cooperates with Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Indonesian Air Force, Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB), Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), and private partners (PT. Sinar Mas dan PT. Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper) launch weather modification technology (TMC) operation in Riau Province, Jambi, and South Sumatra, on Thursday (10/6) to control forest fire.
During speech, Director General of Climate Change Control of Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Laksmi Dhewanthi, said that the TMC Operation has been carried out since few years ago. TMC is an effort to modify weather using artificial rain during forest fire. The artificial rain is expected to extinguish the fire.