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The coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) has raised questions about changes in subsequent environmental effects, mainly forest and land fires. This paper evaluates the implementation of land and forest fire management policies in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in 2020. A qualitative approach was conducted in policy implementation analysis based on George Edward III's theory by looking at bureaucratic structure, resources, communication, and disposition factors. The research focused on the operational work of the Forest and Land Fire Brigade, known as Manggala Agni, in Indonesia. The results showed that the collaborative work of Manggala Agni and the other forest and land fire task forces successfully reduced the hotspots; hence there was a significant decrease in the burned area. It is also inseparable from climatic factors. During this period there was no haze disaster although the task of controlling forest and land fires still encountered several obstacles during the pandemic. This is because of training, technology transfer, budget support, and synergy between stakeholders and Manggala Agni’s team members, so a significant reduction in forest and land fires during 2020 can be achieved.

This article discusses the evaluation of the Family Hope Program (PKH) in Sri Meranti Village, Rumbai District, Pekanbaru City. Since 2007 the PKH program was created and implemented, even distribution of the program remains a problem that needs to be tracked comprehensively. Sri Meranti Village is the largest recipient of aid in all Rumbai District but still not evenly distributed. This study aims to evaluate the PKH program in Sri Meranti Village, Rumbai District, Pekanbaru City. With a research question how is the implementation of the Family of Hope Program in Sri Meranti Village. The research methodology is descriptive qualitative with the selection of purposive informants and data obtained by in-depth interview techniques. Data collected in the form of primary and secondary data and analyzed ethically and emically by William Dunn's evaluation theory approach. The findings of this study are the PKH in Sri Meranti Village, Rumbai District, Pekanbaru City and the amount of aid has increased every year. However, the Sri Meranti Kelurahan community still considers aid to be uneven because there are still poor families who do not receive PKH funding.