Chapter 28
Show Windows and Lessons Learned from
Peatland Restoration in Indonesia
Haris Gunawan, Dian Afriyanti, and Haryo A. Dewanto
Abstract Tropical peatland in Indonesia is an important ecosystem that provides
considerable benefits to the world. Peatlands have been occupied since the empire
era or earlier; thus, the impacts of people’s activities on peatlands cannot be belittled.
This paper aims to discuss the lessons learned from some plots of peatland restoration. From 2017 to 2019, Deputy of Research and Development of BRG RI
(Peatland Restoration Agency of the Republic of Indonesia) facilitated 112 action
research projects in six out of seven prioritized provinces in Indonesia. The provinces are Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and
South Kalimantan. Action research plots comprise strategies of peatland restoration
(rewetting, revegetation, and revitalization, and the integration of the three measures). From the 112 action research projects, we selected and observed potential
plots as well as local practices (the approaches that had existed before BRG RI
intervened). It is elicited for peatland restoration to encourage economic development without sacrificing the priceless peat ecosystem and its services for human
being and well-being, and this requires upscaling the economic benefits from the
peatland restoration. To achieve that, peatland restoration requires stakeholders’
participation in the entire peatland hydrological unit without which a landscape
approach toward peat hydrological unit would be hard to implement.
Keywords Peatland restoration · Lesson learned · Stakeholder involvement ·
Payment for ecosystem services (PES) · Revegetation
H. Gunawan (*)
Badan Restorasi Gambut Republik, Jakarta, Indonesia
Universitas Riau, Riau, Indonesia
D. Afriyanti
Badan Restorasi Gambut Republik, Jakarta, Indonesia
Universitas Batanghari Jambi, Jambi, Indonesia
H. A. Dewanto
Badan Restorasi Gambut Republik, Jakarta, Indonesia
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
M. Osaki et al. (eds.), Tropical Peatland Eco-management,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4654-3_28
751
Show Windows and Lessons Learned from
Peatland Restoration in Indonesia
Haris Gunawan, Dian Afriyanti, and Haryo A. Dewanto
Abstract Tropical peatland in Indonesia is an important ecosystem that provides
considerable benefits to the world. Peatlands have been occupied since the empire
era or earlier; thus, the impacts of people’s activities on peatlands cannot be belittled.
This paper aims to discuss the lessons learned from some plots of peatland restoration. From 2017 to 2019, Deputy of Research and Development of BRG RI
(Peatland Restoration Agency of the Republic of Indonesia) facilitated 112 action
research projects in six out of seven prioritized provinces in Indonesia. The provinces are Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and
South Kalimantan. Action research plots comprise strategies of peatland restoration
(rewetting, revegetation, and revitalization, and the integration of the three measures). From the 112 action research projects, we selected and observed potential
plots as well as local practices (the approaches that had existed before BRG RI
intervened). It is elicited for peatland restoration to encourage economic development without sacrificing the priceless peat ecosystem and its services for human
being and well-being, and this requires upscaling the economic benefits from the
peatland restoration. To achieve that, peatland restoration requires stakeholders’
participation in the entire peatland hydrological unit without which a landscape
approach toward peat hydrological unit would be hard to implement.
Keywords Peatland restoration · Lesson learned · Stakeholder involvement ·
Payment for ecosystem services (PES) · Revegetation
H. Gunawan (*)
Badan Restorasi Gambut Republik, Jakarta, Indonesia
Universitas Riau, Riau, Indonesia
D. Afriyanti
Badan Restorasi Gambut Republik, Jakarta, Indonesia
Universitas Batanghari Jambi, Jambi, Indonesia
H. A. Dewanto
Badan Restorasi Gambut Republik, Jakarta, Indonesia
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
M. Osaki et al. (eds.), Tropical Peatland Eco-management,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4654-3_28
751