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The forestry sector contributed approximately 20% of world carbon emissions. Forest and land fires are one of source of it. In Indonesia, forest and land fires that occur repeatedly seen by government as a result of the failure of science applications through technology engineering in forest and land fire control. Thus, the government decided zero burning policy in the land management as a substitute for controlled burning. Zero burning policies in land management create conflicts in the local community level. This study aims to find synergies between local wisdom (knowledge) and science in order to control forest and land fires for the mitigation of climate change. The method used was focus group discussions and literature study. The results showed that since the 17th century, indigenous peoples in South Sumatra already have local knowledge in the controlled use of fire in land management. “Kitab Simbur Cahaya” which is a written customary law that became positive law in the Islamic Sultanate of Palembang Darussalam imposed from the time of the Dutch East Indies until the early days of independence, one of the ways it regulates the controlled burning in land clearing activities in the plain. But the book is no longer applicable as positive law of the Republic of Indonesia. Therefore, conflict management efforts required in handling and resolving conflicts use of fire in land clearing. Conflict management strategy is intended to be able to obtain the best solution in controlling forest and land fires that capable to integrating local knowledge in South Sumatra with science that intervened through policy. The successful resolution of conflict in forest and land fire control is one climate change mitigation efforts of local and global.
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