TOWARDS 1 MILLION TREES REPLANTED IN THE SEBANGAU NATIONAL PARK, INDONESIAN BORNEO
1. Which native tree species survive best when replanted in deforested tropical peatland?
Members of the Kereng Bangkirai Community Nursery transporting S. balangeran seedlings for planting around the Ruslan Canal,
Natural Laboratory of Peat-swamp Forest (LAHG), a special area in Sebangau National Park.
2. Can use of reed baskets (bakul) and shade for planting both increase seedling survival
and provide local community benefits?
Community Nursery members using reed baskets (bakul) to transport the seedlings
3. Does a Community Nursery approach enhance community benefits and provide a suitable model for upscaling replanting?
Community Nursery approach leads to major local engagement and economic benefit
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Acknowledgements. Permissions and support: RISTEK-BRIN, Sebangau National Park, Kereng Bangkirai and Sabaru communities; all staff and others who contributed.
Scientific insight: Wim Giesen, Susan Page, Laura Graham and Suwido Limin. Funding: Save the Orangutan, the Orangutan Land Trust, Arcus Foundation, The Orangutan
Project, Ocean Parks Conservation Foundation Hong Kong, Darwin Initiative, NERC-GCRF (grant no.: NE/T010401/1) & Singaporean Ministry of Education Academic Research
Fund (MOE2018-T2-2-156)
Ottay J. B., Harrison M. E., Nasir D., Ermiasi Y., Brugues Sintes P., Kusin K., Morrogh-Bernard H. C., Ripoll Capilla B., Katoppo D. R., Salahudin, Smith S. W., van Veen F. and Husson S. J. (2021) The potential of and challenges for biodiversity conservation in tropical peatlands in Indonesia, as illustrated in Sebangau, Central Kalimantan. Poster presented at: Peatlands and Peat – Source of Ecosystem Services. The 16th International Peatland Congress, Tallinn, Estonia.
