Degradation of Southeast Asian tropical peatlands and integrated strategies for their better management and restoration

S Mishra, SE Page, AR Cobb, JSH Lee… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
About half of the world's tropical peatlands occur in Southeast (SE) Asia, where they serve
as a major carbon (C) sink. Nearly 80% of natural peatlands in this region have been …

Restoration of degraded tropical peatland in Indonesia: A review

TW Yuwati, D Rachmanadi, Pratiwi, M Turjaman… - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tropical peatlands are fragile ecosystems with an important role in conserving biodiversity,
water quality and availability, preventing floods, soil intrusion, erosion and sedimentation …

Conservation slows down emission increase from a tropical peatland in Indonesia

CS Deshmukh, D Julius, AR Desai, A Asyhari… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Tropical peatlands are threatened by climate change and land-use changes, but there
remain substantial uncertainties about their present and future role in the global carbon …

Community‐led peatland restoration in Southeast Asia: 5Rs approach

D Terzano, F Attorre, F Parish, P Moss… - Restoration …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Peatlands in Southeast Asia are of global significance for biodiversity conservation and
climate regulation as well as of national and local significance for water management and …

Smallholder perceptions of land restoration activities: rewetting tropical peatland oil palm areas in Sumatra, Indonesia

C Ward, LC Stringer, E Warren-Thomas, F Agus… - Regional Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The Indonesian government committed to restoring over 2 million ha of degraded peatland
by the end of 2020, mainly to reduce peat fires and greenhouse gas emissions. Although it is …

Prospects for governance and climate change resilience in peatland management in Indonesia

CL Atkinson, H Alibašić - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Southeast Asia has the most significant tropical peat/peat carbon storage area in the world,
with Indonesia being the primary location for much of it. Anthropogenic changes to …

Climate change mitigation on tropical peatlands: a triple burden for smallholder farmers in Indonesia

J Merten, JØ Nielsen, H Faust - Global Environmental Change, 2021 - Elsevier
The agricultural use and conversion of tropical peatlands is considered a major source of
land-based greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, the protection and restoration of tropical …

Market‐based commons: Social agroforestry, fire mitigation strategies, and green supply chains in Indonesia's peatlands

MA Miller - Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper develops the transboundary concept of market‐based commons to explore how
partial and incomplete privatisation measures are contributing to the creation, operation, and …

Evaluating policy coherence: A case study of peatland forests on the Kampar Peninsula landscape, Indonesia

DA Sari, C Margules, HS Lim, F Widyatmaka, J Sayer… - Land Use Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Conflicting policies relating to the management of multi-sectoral, multi-level and multi-actor
forest uses often result in ineffective policy implementation. Methods for assessing policy …

[HTML][HTML] The social license to restore—perspectives on community involvement in Indonesian peatland restoration

BJ Wiesner, P Dargusch - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
The tropical peatlands of Indonesia are widely recognized as a globally significant carbon
stock and an important provider of crucial ecosystem services. However, in recent years they …