Authors:
Laura L. B. Graham, Jenny Pickerill and Susan E. Page
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
degradation, estoration-action-plan, interdisciplinary, regeneration-barriers, tropical-peatlands
Documentfile:
ipc16p410-415a121grahampickerill.etal_.pdf
Summary:
SUMMARY
Between 1985 and 2006 about 47% of tropical peat swamp forest (TPSF), mainly found in South East Asia, became degraded. The degradation of tropical peatlands can lead to large GHG emissions, through logging, drainage and burning. Consequently numerous peatland rehabilitation programs are at the early stages of development across Indonesia. Unfortunately, relevant ecological and social data to base these upon are limited and interdisciplinary case-studies even more so. This study explored the social and ecological factors affecting the regeneration of a degraded TPSF in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. An ecological investigation revealed that…