Social and Ecological Dimensions of Tropical Peatland Restoration: Foreword
Tropical peatlands in Indonesia have attracted international and domestic attention and concern in recent decades. Indonesian peatlands provide globally significant climate regulation and biodiversity provisioning ecosystem services and are central to the lives of local communities, yet they have un...
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| author | Samantha Grover Sarah Treby Daniel S. Mendham Tri Wira Yuwati Niken Sakuntaladewi James D. Langston Andrea Rawluk |
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| description | Tropical peatlands in Indonesia have attracted international and domestic attention and concern in recent decades. Indonesian peatlands provide globally significant climate regulation and biodiversity provisioning ecosystem services and are central to the lives of local communities, yet they have undergone significant degradation via drainage and fire. There is a growing call for scientific knowledge of the social, environmental and practice dimensions of peatland restoration in Indonesia. This Special Volume of Mires and Peat is a collaborative effort by an Indonesian and Australian team of biophysical and social scientists to showcase primary research and systematic reviews that engage with the complexity of tropical peatland fire, conservation and restoration in Indonesia. We explore lives above ground (people and plants) and below ground (microbes, plants and the dynamic peat itself) and identify the following four themes that cut across the individual articles: 1) Livelihoods and land use; 2) Community engagement; 3) Bringing together multiple knowledges; and 4) Carbon; and draw out globally applicable lessons. We suggest that these themes highlight future directions for research which engage with the complexity of tropical peatland restoration in Indonesia, while centring the voices of local communities to support equity and sustainability in the transition to rewet peatlands. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-436f32ab93f545f2a9ef05f047097fb82024-04-14T20:31:14ZengInternational Mire Conservation Group and International Peatland SocietyMires and Peat1819-754X2024-01-0130001810.19189/MaP.2023.OMB.Sc.2114019Social and Ecological Dimensions of Tropical Peatland Restoration: ForewordSamantha Grover0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8836-4815Sarah Treby1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8905-9919Daniel S. Mendham2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7704-2861Tri Wira Yuwati3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8477-0795Niken Sakuntaladewi4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3321-1571James D. Langston5Andrea Rawluk6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9992-4662Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, AustraliaApplied Chemistry and Environmental Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, AustraliaCSIRO Environment, Black Mountain, Canberra, AustraliaResearch Centre for Ecology and Ethnobiology, BRIN, Cibinong, West Java and Faculty of Forestry, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaResearch Centre for Ecology and Ethnobiology, BRIN, Cibinong, West Java, IndonesiaCSIRO Environment, Black Mountain, Canberra, AustraliaSchool of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Melbourne, AustraliaTropical peatlands in Indonesia have attracted international and domestic attention and concern in recent decades. Indonesian peatlands provide globally significant climate regulation and biodiversity provisioning ecosystem services and are central to the lives of local communities, yet they have undergone significant degradation via drainage and fire. There is a growing call for scientific knowledge of the social, environmental and practice dimensions of peatland restoration in Indonesia. This Special Volume of Mires and Peat is a collaborative effort by an Indonesian and Australian team of biophysical and social scientists to showcase primary research and systematic reviews that engage with the complexity of tropical peatland fire, conservation and restoration in Indonesia. We explore lives above ground (people and plants) and below ground (microbes, plants and the dynamic peat itself) and identify the following four themes that cut across the individual articles: 1) Livelihoods and land use; 2) Community engagement; 3) Bringing together multiple knowledges; and 4) Carbon; and draw out globally applicable lessons. We suggest that these themes highlight future directions for research which engage with the complexity of tropical peatland restoration in Indonesia, while centring the voices of local communities to support equity and sustainability in the transition to rewet peatlands.http://mires-and-peat.net/media/map30/map30_00.pdfcarbonindonesiainterdisciplinaryland uselivelihoodslocal community |
| spellingShingle | Samantha Grover Sarah Treby Daniel S. Mendham Tri Wira Yuwati Niken Sakuntaladewi James D. Langston Andrea Rawluk Social and Ecological Dimensions of Tropical Peatland Restoration: Foreword Mires and Peat carbon indonesia interdisciplinary land use livelihoods local community |
| title | Social and Ecological Dimensions of Tropical Peatland Restoration: Foreword |
| title_full | Social and Ecological Dimensions of Tropical Peatland Restoration: Foreword |
| title_fullStr | Social and Ecological Dimensions of Tropical Peatland Restoration: Foreword |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social and Ecological Dimensions of Tropical Peatland Restoration: Foreword |
| title_short | Social and Ecological Dimensions of Tropical Peatland Restoration: Foreword |
| title_sort | social and ecological dimensions of tropical peatland restoration foreword |
| topic | carbon indonesia interdisciplinary land use livelihoods local community |
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