SMOKE ON WATER

The new Indonesian policy focuses on restoring degraded peatlands and prohibits new activities that damage the hydrological functions of peatlands, including drainage and conversion to plantations. The Peatland Restoration Agency’s restoration efforts focus on seven provinces: Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, Papua, and West, East, and Central Kalimantan. It classifies Indonesia’s peatlands into four categories based on the topography, presence of drainage canals and recent fires. Focus on Indonesia – Peatland restoration

Under the Paris Climate Change Agreement, Indonesia pledged to reduce its projected emissions by 29 percent by 2030 against a business-as-usual baseline scenario, and up to 41 percent subject to international assistance and financial support (Krisnawati et al., 2015). The new policy is ambitious and requires far-reaching changes in land-use management practices, and requires enormous collaborative efforts to implement and enforce it. Recognizing this, Norway is providing support to Indonesia through a USD 50 million grant, half of which will be disbursed when the monitoring and enforcement plan is created.

Indonesian provinces targeted for peatland restoration

R IAU

3 500 000 Hectares

L ÓPEZ , 2017 300 km

C ENTRAL K ALIMATAN

3 000 000

P APUA

2 500 000

2 000 000

W EST K ALIMATAN

Type of peatland Peatland with canal Peat dome without canal Peat dome with canal Post 2015 peat fires

1 500 000

S OUTH S UMATRA

1 000 000

J AMBI

500 000

S OUTH K ALIMATAN

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Illustration based on information provided by Almo Pradana and Lisa Johnston of World Resources Institute using data from the Peat Restoration Agency of Indonesia, 2016.

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Figure 13. Indonesia has targeted several provinces for peatland restoration.

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