Report · Oct 3, 2023
Climate Change in the Indonesian Mind
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Seth Rosenthal, Marija Verner, Sanguk Lee, Matthew Ballew, Jennifer Carman, Matthew Goldberg, Jennifer Marlon, Enggar Paramita, Mardiyah Chamim, Paramita Mohamad and Matthew Daggett
Filed under: Behaviors & Actions and Beliefs & Attitudes
4. Perceived Risks of Forest Fires
4.1. A large majority of Indonesians are worried about forest fires.
A large majority of Indonesians (81%) say they are either “very worried” (32%) or “worried” (49%) about forest fires in Indonesia today. Fewer Indonesians (16%) say they are either “not worried” (15%) or “not at all worried” (2%) about forest fires, and 3% don’t know.
4.2. Most Indonesians think forest fires are caused mostly by human activities.
A majority of Indonesians (63%) think forest fires are caused mostly by human activities. Fewer Indonesians think they are caused by human activities and natural changes in the environment in more or less equal parts (25%) or by natural changes in the environment (8%). Only 4% don’t know.
