Managing peatlands in Indonesia: Challenges and opportunities for local and global communities

Hergoualc’h, Kristell; Carmenta, Rachel; Atmadja, S.; Martius, C.; Murdiyarso, Daniel; Purnomo, Herry

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“…To help refine Indonesia's national FREL and MRV system, CIFOR has produced actionable knowledge and innovations in the form of new datasets, 2 published analyses on land-use sector emissions at regional and national levels (see for example Kauffman et al 2016, Sasmito et al 2016, Hergoualc'h et al 2018, Sasmito et al 2019, and continues to promote the development and integration of 'blue carbon' into the national policy agenda. CIFOR has organized several events that have brought scientists and policymakers together to share new knowledge about greenhouse gas accounting in wetlands to improve the FREL and the national MRV system.…”

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Global Comparative Study on REDD+ story of change: CIFOR’s science on wetlands for Indonesian measurement, reporting and verification and forest reference emission level development

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CIFOR infobriefs provide concise, accurate, peer-reviewed information on current topics in forest research Global Comparative Study on REDD+ story of change CIFOR's science on wetlands for Indonesian measurement, reporting and verification and forest reference emission level development Key messages• Tropical forested wetlands, including peatlands and mangroves, provide critical environmental services and store 3-5 times more carbon than other tropical forests.• However, because these ecosystems are under significant pressure from unsustainable land-use practices, they must be credited in the national forest monitoring and measurement mechanism and integrated into the national policy agenda.• In January 2016, the Government of Indonesia submitted a forest reference emission level (FREL) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat, and is currently in the process of finalizing its second FREL.• To achieve the intended improvement in the FREL, CIFOR has played an active role by co-producing relevant data and knowledge products, building capacity among key personnel and stakeholders, and creating a platform for communication, engagement and outreach at national and international levels.

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Global Comparative Study on REDD+ story of change: CIFOR’s science on wetlands for Indonesian measurement, reporting and verification and forest reference emission level development

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“…It is the largest tropical peatland in Southeast Asia (Gumbricht et al 2017;Page et al 2011), even the largest globally (BRG 2019;KLHK 2018;Miles et al 2017). However, Indonesia peatland faces many challenges (Hergoualc'h et al 2018), primarily because of deforestation and forest degradation, occurring since the 1980s (Miettinen et al 2016;Wijedasa et al 2018). The causes of peatland deforestation and degradation include transmigration, local population growth, and economic development (Deshmukh et al 2020), resulting in almost half of the peat forest areas have been lost (Wahyunto et al 2014), and now only 14.83 million ha of peat forest remained (Xu et al 2018).…”

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Integrating ecological, social and policy aspects to develop peatland restoration strategies in Orang Kayo Hitam Forest Park, Jambi, Indonesia

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Abstract. Wulandari C, Novriyanti N, Iswandaru D. 2021. Integrating ecological, social and policy aspects to develop peatland restoration strategies in Orang Kayo Hitam Forest Park, Jambi, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 4158-4168. Peatlands play an essential role in delivering various ecosystem services, yet in many areas in Indonesia, peat forests have been deforested, degraded, and threatened by repeated fires. As such, restoration efforts need to be done. But these require various considerations, including ecological aspects such as type degradation conditions, water table, species selected for planting, and climates, socio-economic aspects like community's involvement, and policy aspects such as regulations and institutions at national and local levels. This study aimed to analyze peatland restoration strategies in Orang Kayo Hitam (OKH) Forest Park, Jambi using the Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats, and Opportunities (SWOT) framework. The analysis was done by integrating multiple aspects such as policy, biodiversity conservation, and surrounding community participation. Data were collected using virtual ethnographic techniques due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Key informants (i.e., OKH Forest Park Unit area managers, NGOs, staff of national government, and university academics) and selected respondents were interviewed to identify and determine factors considered as internal (i.e., Strengths and Weaknesses) and external (i.e., Threats and Opportunities). This qualitative data was then analyzed using a SWOT approach through the IFE (Internal Factor Evaluation) and EFE (External Factor Evaluation) Matrix. The research findings showed that from 12 internal factors and 11 external factors, efforts to restore peatland ecosystems in Orang Kayo Hitam (OKH) Forest Park had obtained very strong values in the biodiversity aspect. The SWOT matrix analysis showed values of S-W = 0.43 and O-T = 0.16 positioned in quadrant I. This result suggests that the most powerful strategies can be developed aggressively from the factors of strengths and opportunities.

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“…Most of these studies have concentrated on the island of Borneo (Lampela et al 2014), particularly around Sebangau National Park (Wösten et al 2008;Jaenicke 2010;Hirano et al 2012;Ishii et al 2016;Takeuchi et al 2016), and on the Kampar Peninsula in mainland Sumatra (Jauhiainen et al 2012;Marwanto et al 2019;Deshmukh et al 2020). Since there are more than 20 million hectares of peatlands spread across the Indonesian archipelago (Hergoualc'h et al 2018), these studies represent a very limited spatial distribution of peatlands, and hence more in situ measurements are needed. In general, hydrological monitoring to support restoration planning in Indonesia is still lacking (Graham et al 2016).…”

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Water table variations on different land use units in a drained tropical peatland island of Indonesia

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Restoration and water table control on peatlands to limit fire risk are national priorities in Indonesia. The present study was initiated at Padang Island, Sumatra, to increase understanding on peatland hydrology in the tropic. At the pilot site, water table and precipitation were monitored at different stations. The results show variation in water table depths (WTDs) over time and space due to spatial and temporal variability in rain intensity and drainage networks. In part of the island, large-scale drainage for plantations led to deep WTD (−1.8 m) and high WTD recession rates (up to 3.5 cm/day). Around villages, farm-scale drainages had a smaller impact with a lower recession rate (up to 1.8 cm/day) and shallow WTD, typically below −0.4 m, the threshold for sustainable peatland management in Indonesia. The recession rates levelled off at 1.0 cm/day near the drained forest/plantation and at 0.5 cm/day near the farm. Deeper layers had much lower specific yield (Sy), 0.1 at −1.5 m depth, compared with top peat soils with Sy up to 0.3. Proximity to drainages extended discharge flow to deeper layers. The results highlighted the severity of peatland drainage impact on most coastal zones of Padang Island, which have intensive drainage networks.

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Managing peatlands in Indonesia: Challenges and opportunities for local and global communities

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Global Comparative Study on REDD+ story of change: CIFOR’s science on wetlands for Indonesian measurement, reporting and verification and forest reference emission level development

Global Comparative Study on REDD+ story of change: CIFOR’s science on wetlands for Indonesian measurement, reporting and verification and forest reference emission level development

Integrating ecological, social and policy aspects to develop peatland restoration strategies in Orang Kayo Hitam Forest Park, Jambi, Indonesia

Water table variations on different land use units in a drained tropical peatland island of Indonesia

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