Location: Bandung, Indonesia
Total Respondents: 75
Age: 16-75
Gender: M32 F43
Profession: Students, civil servants, teachers, architects, accountants, housewives, geologist, engineer, professors, etc
1. Please rank the following list of Indonesia’s environmental problems according to its severity from 1 to 8. 1 being the most severe and 8 the least severe.
[ ] Water pollution [ ] Air pollution [ ] Forest fires [ ] Illegal logging
[ ] Species extinction [ ] Waste management [ ] Acid rain [ ] Draught
Forest fires
rank #1 (0,0%) rank #2 (0, 0%) rank #3 (1, 1%) rank #4 (9, 12%) rank #5 (17, 23%) rank #6 (22, 29%) rank #7 (24, 32%) rank #8 (2, 3%)
2. From the scale of 1 to 10, how much do you think are you personally at fault for the forest fires in Borneo and Sumatra? 1 being not responsible at all, 10 being very responsible. Mean 2.1 Median 1
3. Please indicate the rate of your household usage of each of the following list of products from 1 to 10. 1 being very seldom, 10 being very often.
Rubber Me6.9 Md6
Soap Me9.4 Md10
Margarine Me7.1 Md7
Chocolate bar Me7.1 Md7
Instant noodle Me8.4 Md8
Cooking oil Me8.5 Md8
Mayonnaise Me3.5 Md3
Palm oil Me4.8 Md4
4. Please indicate if the following statements are true or false:
– The Indonesian forest fires are sometimes caused by local farmers clearing the lands to farm on. T(61, 81%) / F (14, 19%)
– Many people in foreign countries are affected by the haze caused by the Indonesian forest fires. T (44, 59%) / F (31, 41%)
– The Indonesian government have done their best to prevent forest fires. T (0, 0%) / F( 75, 100%)
– The fires are often caused by multi-national corporations clearing the lands for palm oil and rubber plantations. T (47, 63%) / F (28, 27%)
5. Who do you think are the most responsible responsible for the forest fires in Borneo and Sumatra? You may choose only 2 answers. Total 75 x 2 = 150
a. (71, 95%) The Indonesian government
b. (50, 67%) Large, multinational palm oil corporations
c. (17, 23%) Indonesian farmers
d. (12, 16%) Consumers of palm oil and rubber
e. (0, 0%) Foreign governments
6. Knowing that your personal consumption of palm oil indirectly contributes to forest fires, will you reduce your consumption of products containing palm oil? Yes (69, 92%) No (6, 8%)