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RE: Lombok permaculture plant #1 - Kentujur (Sesbania grandiflora)
We will However, be trialling rotational grazing on some Islands off the coast of Sumbawa.
They are Anthropogenic grasslands that are burnt each year.
The biodiversity is very poor
We believe we can control fire, build soil, give income and increase biodiversity by controlled grazing these grasslands
Perhaps building a firewall (clear land) around the land would protect you. Its awesome your so involved in this, I would love to drop my life and just reverse desertification in the harshes climates(mojave desert)
I'm originally from Australia where wild fires are a part of life in the Sclerophyll forests and heathlands of the Subtropical and meditteranean climate zones
Its surprising here in what is called Tropical dry forest that fire is not so common
It can burn, it just normally doesn't in its undisturbed state. When humans interfere we often make it more flammable.
We are using a few methiods of control. one is keeping the grass short, another is planting evergreen non flammable plants, another is careful placement of small fields that act like firebreaks. There we can grow bananas, cassava, chilli peppers and sweet potato.
Im also encouraging the farmers to collect the organic matter and use methods like trench composting, Hugelkultur, biochar and chicken composting as an alternative to their current practice of burning all residual organic matter to ash.
Permacylture is the way, biochar would be far better.