Assessing the monetary value of ecosystem services provided by Gaung – Batang Tuaka Peat Hydrological Unit (KHG), Riau Province

Rossita, Annuri; Nurrochmat, Dodik Ridho; Boer, Rizaldi; Hein, Lars; Riqqi, Akhmad

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08208

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“…The study yields compelling evidence of peatland contributions to local livelihoods reflecting in substantial economic value. The findings align with previous research in various provinces in Indonesia, especially provisioning and regulating services i.e., food, freshwater, raw materials, timber, and carbon sequestration [73,[78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86]. Provisioning services provide basic necessities for a good life; while regulating services check and balance the entire ecosystem from local up to global scales, constituting to good life, security, and health [34,87,88].…”

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confidence: 85%

Economic Value of Peatland Ecosystem Services and People-Peatland Landscape Interplay: A Case Study from Sumatra, Indonesia

Yunus,

Pagdee,

Baral

2023

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Through a variety of unique ecosystem services, peatlands provide critical support to society and play a significant part in the global environmental system. Unfortunately, anthropogenic activities pose a hazard to these peatlands. This study estimated a total economic value (TEV) of peatland ecosystem services and examined relationships between the TEV and landscape characteristics in Riau province, Indonesia. A comprehensive economic valuation questionnaire, covering household socioeconomic conditions, ecological information and landscape characteristics, perception of peatland importance, peatland product collection data, and villagers' willingness to pay (WTP) for habitat and biodiversity protection, was administered to 200 household representatives (92% confidence) from five villages distributing across distinct landscapes. The survey took place from May to June 2023. The respondents derived numerous advantages from the peatlands, culminating in an average TEV of USD 3,174.31 per household per year. This value predominantly reflects a use value, accounting for 80.85% of the TEV. Notably, the use value emanates primarily from the provisioning of food through fishing, soil fertility, wild plants, and animals. However, to a lesser extent, there exists a marginal presence of a non-use value, encompassing the habitats provided to endemic or endangered species, the preservation of biodiversity for future generations, and the sanctity associated with forests deemed sacred. The observed variance in landscape characteristics appears to wield an influence on amounts of benefits derived from the peatlands. This phenomenon can be attributed to prevailing land use conditions and geographical distances.

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confidence: 85%

Economic Value of Peatland Ecosystem Services and People-Peatland Landscape Interplay: A Case Study from Sumatra, Indonesia

Yunus,

Pagdee,

Baral

2023

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“…The area of burned peatland was considerably lower in managed areas, but its socioeconomic impact was still significant. For instance, a previous study has found that the monetary value of ecosystem capacity-generating provisioning services declined after the massive peatland fire in 2015 (Rossita et al, 2021). In addition, the environmental impact of peatland fires has been addressed by many studies, highlighting reduced air quality and increased GHG emissions in a densely populated peatland area (Jayarathne et al, 2018;Marlier et al, 2015).…”

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Peatland fire regime across Riau peat hydrological unit, Indonesia

Rossita

Boer

Hein

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Peatland stretches across approximately 8% of Indonesia’s land area. Peat fire disturbance, which affects the carbon dynamics of the ecosystem, will determine the country's vision for a long-term strategy for low carbon development. While the impact of excessive draining on peatland fire is well-known to the scientific community, much less is known about peatland fire regimes in distinctive land management systems. We examined the effect of land use, land management, and climatic factors in peatland fires. The examination was performed at the Peat Hydrological Unit at Gaung–Batang Tuaka, Riau, Indonesia. We used a semi-automatic approach to determine the area of burned peatland and used a spatial analysis tool to analyze the spatio-temporal pattern of peatland fire in the region. Our results demonstrate an increasing trend of peatland fires between 2001 and 2020, with 33% of the burned peatland undergoing multiple fires. The bulk of the burned land was covered by either wet shrubs or estate crops, with the area of burned wet shrub-land cover was two times higher than the burned estate crop-land cover. Concerning peatland draining, this study found a positive correlation between draining intensity, as represented by canal density, and burned area in peatland forests. In managed and unmanaged land, canal density had no apparent correlation with the area of peatland burned; however, we found that the weighted area of burned peatland was, on average, seven times higher in the unmanaged area compared to the managed area. These findings urgently demand an increase in community participation in the utilization of unmanaged land and prompt execution of peatland rewetting in drained peat forests. While the government of Indonesia has developed a social forestry and agrarian reform scheme to enable the legal utilization of unproductive land in forest areas, we argue that greater impacts can only be achieved if environmental services incentive schemes escalate non-party actors' participation.

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“…Thus, there are variations in harvesting between each type of agroforestry product, which also causes variations in the timing of obtaining income from agroforestry products. Mixed garden cropping patterns provide varied income, namely routine, daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal, and yearly, so mixed planting provides sustainable results for farmers (Markum et al 2021;Rahmani et al 2021;Rossita et al 2021;Zega et al 2013). Based on components, the agroforestry pattern in Nanga Menterap Village can be classified into agrisilvicultural and agrosilvopastural.…”

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The Patterns of Agroforestry and Its Contribution to the Community Income

Roslinda,

Prisila,

Mariani

2023

J. Sylva Lestari

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Farmers choose an agroforestry pattern to fulfill various objectives, including obtaining their income. The diversity of fruit plants chosen by the Nanga Menterap village community as a component of the agroforestry system has the potential to contribute significantly as a source of community income. This research aimed to describe the agroforestry patterns and calculate the contribution of agroforestry patterns to the income of the people of Nanga Menterap Village, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The research used a survey method by census. Data collection techniques included observation, questionnaires, and interviews with the Nanga Menterap Village community with agroforestry land. The agroforestry pattern in Nanga Menterap Village can be classified into two types: the agrisilvicultural and the agrosilvopastural. Farmers in Nanga Menterap Village apply a random mixture planting form in which crops and trees are planted irregularly. The agroforestry plants combined in the forestry component include durian (Durio zibethinus), aren (Arenga pinnata), tengkawang (Shorea stenoptera), mango (Mangifera indica), jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), and petai (Parkia speciosa). The agricultural component includes chili (Capsicum annuum), cocoa (Theobroma cacao), corn (Zea mays), coconut (Cocos nucifera), coffee (Coffea robusta), banana (Musa sp.), cassava (Manihot esculenta), long bean (Vigna unguiculata), ginger (Zingiber officinale), turmeric (Curcuma longa Linn. syn. Curcuma domestica Val.), eggplant (Solanum melongena), and tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), while the types of livestock such as pigs, domestic chickens, cows, and goats. The contribution of agroforestry to community income in Nanga Menterap Village is 82.74%. From these contributions, the agroforestry system is the right choice for the community and government to manage land. The governments should be able to facilitate and determine specific and targeted activity programs to improve the cultivation capabilities and welfare of farmers. Keywords: agroforestry, community, contribution, income

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Assessing the monetary value of ecosystem services provided by Gaung – Batang Tuaka Peat Hydrological Unit (KHG), Riau Province

Cited by 11 publications

References 57 publications

Economic Value of Peatland Ecosystem Services and People-Peatland Landscape Interplay: A Case Study from Sumatra, Indonesia

Economic Value of Peatland Ecosystem Services and People-Peatland Landscape Interplay: A Case Study from Sumatra, Indonesia

Peatland fire regime across Riau peat hydrological unit, Indonesia

The Patterns of Agroforestry and Its Contribution to the Community Income

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