ADI JAYA - UNPAR

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EU INCO-DEV STRAPEAT PROJECT STRATEGIES FOR
IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF PEATLAND
IN BORNEO
ADI JAYA - UNPAR ROLE OF TROPICAL PEATLANDS AS
GLOBALLY IMPORTANT CARBON SINKS AND STORES
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GLOBAL CARBON POOL AND PEATLAND DISTRIBUTION
Australia
Africa
Europe
Asia
Central and South America
North America
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GLOBAL AND TROPICAL PEATLAND
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PEATLAND CHARACTERISTICS
The thickness of tropical peat can be up to 20
metres
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DEVELOPMENT OF PEATLAND IN INDONESIA

• Mostly for Agriculture 20 of total peatswamp
  forest
• Option
• Low input - adaptive plant
• High input

• Impact
• Fire 1997 Indonesian peatlands 2.18-2.57 Gt C
  released
• Nature, 420 61-65
• Drainage water0.03-0.07 Gt C/yr. (6.67-15.56 of
  C stored)
• Decomposition-subsidence ?

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FUTURE NEEDS

• Inventory of carbon stored
• Networking
• Loss of peatlands area
• Research to answer the question whether tropical
• peatlands function as C sinks
• Pilot project on
• peatlands rehabilitation
• alternative sources of income

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THANK YOU