Comparison of Discourses in Global & Indonesian Media and Stakeholders' Perspectives on Forest Fire

This study focused on examining forest fire discourses in news media (global and national media), scientific media (international and national journals) and stakeholders¿ perceptions (international, regional, national, and local organizations). There are several important tasks of this study, i.e. understanding the interest position of actors by investigating common and different features of forest fire discourses in media as well as stakeholders¿ perceptions; examining imbalance perspectives between national and global media discourses; evaluating the role of scientists in influencing policy-making process; and identifying asymmetrical perspectives concerning forest fire issues in media discourses and stakeholders¿ perceptions.