Alue Dohong

Universitas Palangka Raya

Indonesia has the largest tropical peatland globally. This unique but fragile ecosystem provides a range of ecosystem services such as biodiversity conservation, carbon storage, hydrological as well as social-economic benefits, and so forth. Despite these values and services, around 50% of the country’s peatland experienced degradation due to sever...

Indonesia harbors the largest area of tropical peatland globally, with a total area of approximately 15 million hectares (Mha) and store about 45-65 GtC which is strategically important for controlling global climate change. Howev-er, Indonesia’s peatland experiences alarming rate of degradation in re- cent dec-ades due to the anthropogenic activit...

The increasing extent and frequency of fires globally requires nuanced understanding of the drivers of large-scale events for improved prevention and mitigation. Yet, the drivers of fires are often poorly understood by various stakeholders in spatially expansive and temporally dynamic landscapes. Further, perceptions about the main cause of fires v...

Tropical forests and peatlands provide important ecological, climate and socio‐economic benefits from the local to the global scale. However, these ecosystems and their associated benefits are threatened by anthropogenic activities, including agricultural conversion, timber harvesting, peatland drainage and associated fire. Here, we identify key ch...

This module provides brief and concise step by step how to implement revegetation activities on tropical peatland. Therefore, this practical module aims at to assist those are actively engaged on rehabilitating degraded peatland through revegetation activities. The module is divided into 6 major subject comprising introduction, nursery establishmen...

This presentation explains briefly about technical policies, interventions and current progress of peatland restoration in Indonesia.

Of the 44 million hectares of peatland in the tropics, Indonesia has proportionately the largest area (45%) and carbon content (64%). These carbon-rich peat ecosystems play an important role in regional climate stabilization and biodiversity conservation. The Indonesian Government has enacted numerous regulatory measures since the 1990s aimed at bo...

This presentation shows how peatland restoration policies in Indonesia are translated into actions on the ground].

Indonesia’s peatlands have been subject to extensive deforestation and degradation resulting from logging, drainage, fires and conversion to other land uses. A number of restoration initiatives have been attempted to address this degradation yet, to date, there has been little coherent or rigorous reflection on the effectiveness of these interventi...

The world’s largest area of tropical peatland ecosystems is found in South-East Asia. These peatlands have globally significant carbon stocks and play an important role in regional and global climate systems. Despite the valuable social and economic services and ecosystem biodiversity these tropical peatlands provide, misguided land use policies ha...

The Government of Indonesia affirms its serious endeavour to restore its degraded peatlands through the enactment of the Presidential Regulation Number 1 of 2016 concerning the establishment of the Peatland Restoration Agency (Badan Restorasi Gambut). The agency is tasked to coordinate and facilitate restoration of degraded peatland of a minimum tw...

The Government of Indonesia has declared its serious intent to restore its degraded peatlands through the enactment of Presidential Regulation Number 1 of 2016 establishing the Peatlands Restoration Agency, commonly called Badan Restorasi Gambut (BRG) in Indonesia. The agency is tasked to coordinate and facilitate the peatlands restoration activiti...

Buku modul pelatihan bertujuan untuk menyiapkan dan membangun pengetahuan, ketrampilan dan sirap kerja tentang membangun sumur bor sederhana untuk kegiatan pembasahan gambut (peat rewetting) di lingkup Badan Restorasi Gambut. Isi buku modul ini mencakup mata ajar pelatihan tentang regulasi dan kebijakan restorasi gambut di Indonesia, teknik-teknik...

This training module presents basic understanding about peat rewetting infrastructure construction with canal blocking. The training module also equips with step by step and easy procedure on how to construct a simple canal blocking to rewet peatland. Additionally, the module consists of 8 chapters and each chapter is structured into 7 sections nam...

This training module presents a very simple but concise step by step on how to build a deep wells as means of pumping out water from aquifer in order to rewet dried peatlands notably during the draught season. This module consists of 8 chapters namely: 1) introduction; 2) Peatland Restoration Policies; 3) Characteristics of Peatland and Fires on Pe...

This guidance book provides the technical aspect on how to do rehabilitation or revegetation of degraded peatland in appropriate procedures and technical sound right. The technical guidance book is divided into three major sections namely: Nursery establishment, seedlings preparation, and seedlings transplantation and maintenance. By producing this...

The first International Peat Congress (IPC) held in the tropics - in Kuching (Malaysia) - brought together over 1000 international peatland scientists and industrial partners from across the world (“International Peat Congress with over 1000 participants!,” 2016). The congress covered all aspects of peatland ecosystems and their management, with a...

The first International Peat Congress (IPC) held in the tropics - in Kuching (Malaysia) - brought together over 1000 international peatland scientists and industrial partners from across the world ("International Peat Congress with over 1000 participants!," 2016). The congress covered all aspects of peatland ecosystems and their management, with a...

President Republic of Indonesia has enacted the Presidential Regulation No. 1 of 2016 concerning the establishment of Indonesia's Peatland Restoration Agency. This new special government agency has been tasked to coordinate and facilitate the restoration activities in 7 provinces covering a total area of 2 million hectares of degraded and post-fire...

Indonesia holds over 45% of global tropical peatland areas and 60% of carbon stored in peat biomass. This peatland resource serves important socio-ecological functions and provides services that benefitt stakeholders at local, regional and global scales. Despite holding these important features, peatland areas in Indonesia are facing long-term degr...

The triple, intertwined challenges of climate change, the conversion of tropical forests to crop lands and grazing pastures, and the shortage of new arable land demand urgent solutions. The main approaches for increasing food production while sparing forests and lowering carbon emissions include sustainable supply chain initiatives, domestic polici...

Tropical peatland, particularly in SEA has experienced serious degradation pressures in the last two decades, particularly from peat forest conversion, drainage and fires. In response, as well as to avoid further degradation problems, peatland scientists and practitioners have called for restoration measures to be urgently put in place. In addition...

Central Government on December 23rd, 2010 has selected Central Kalimantan as a pilot province of the REDD+ initiative as a part of the implementation of Letter of Intent between the governments of Indonesian and Norwegian signed on May 26th, 2010 regarding the ‘Cooperation on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradati...

The construction of about 4,475 km of large, medium and small canals in association with the Mega Rice Project in Central Kalimantan from 1996-1998 has had a devastating impact on the hydrology throughout this area as a result of: (i) increasing surface run off through the canals, (ii) reducing water retention of existing peatland areas, and (iii)...

The construction of about 4,475 km of large, medium and small canals in association with the Mega Rice Project in Central Kalimantan from 1996-1998 has had a devastating impact on the hydrology throughout this area as a result of: (i) increasing surface run off through the canals, (ii) reducing water retention of existing peatland areas, and (iii)...

Exploitation of peat swamp forest in Central Kalimantan has been taking place since the 1970s as part of the process of economic development of this Indonesian province. The execution of the unfeasible PLG Project (Proyek Pengembangan Lahan Gambut) in 1996 resulted in total damage to a large area of the peat swamp forest ecosystem. The failure of t...