Smallholder Farmers and the Dynamics of Degradation of Peatland Ecosystems in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Medrilzam, Medrilzam; Smith, C. S.; Aziz, Ammar Abdul; Herbohn, John; Dargusch, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.02.017

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“…The Mega Rice Project (MRP) in Central Kalimantan is a clear example of peatland degradation through clearing and draining of peatland forest. The MRP drainage canals created unstable peatland hydrology that produced extreme changes in the water table between dry and wet seasons which accelerates peatland degradation (Medrilzam et al 2017). This degraded peatland is a significant source of CO 2 emissions (Jaenicke et al 2008).…”

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Improving strategies for sustainability of short-term agricultural utilization on degraded peatlands in Central Kalimantan

Surahman

Soni

Shivakoti

2018

Environ Dev Sustain

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Indonesia is the major contributor of peatland areas in the tropics; however, exploitation of peatlands for various needs with improper management such as illegal logging activities, conversion to plantations, and expansion of smallholder agriculture has caused peatland degradation. In Central Kalimantan Province, only 1.5 million ha (57%) of the total 2.6 million ha peatland is categorized as pristine peatlands forest and the remaining 1.1 million ha is categorized as degraded. Degraded peatland is a significant source of CO 2 emissions as well as one such alternative for agricultural expansion. There is scientifically unfounded belief that drained peatland agriculture can be made "long-term sustainable"; therefore, the main idea is only short-term utilization of degraded peatlands for agriculture in a relatively sustainable manner, while effort for conservation and reforestation for long-term sustainable keeps going on. Prospective structural analysis was used to identify the most influential and sensitive variables to be influenced for determining the locally most crucial areas of improvement for enabling short-term agricultural utilization of degraded peatlands in a relatively sustainable manner. This method is a part of strategic foresight toolbox for scenario building process, which observes interrelation and influence among different variables in order to understand the most relevant factors for the development of a specific area. Based on the analysis, the strategies considered for enabling short-term agricultural utilization of degraded peatlands in a relatively sustainable manner include improvement in soil fertility and suitability for agriculture, infrastructure related to peatlands agriculture, institutional capacity, innovation technology and dissemination, farmer knowledge in sustainable peatlands agriculture, and plant productivity. Agricultural

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Improving strategies for sustainability of short-term agricultural utilization on degraded peatlands in Central Kalimantan

Surahman

Soni

Shivakoti

2018

Environ Dev Sustain

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“…The situation is also supported by the use of environmentally friendly energy that is not used in economic activities. In addition, the frequent occurrence of fires in the forest from land clearing in Indonesia that occur almost every year also support the increasing of carbon dioxide and the risk of global warming (Medrilzam et al, 2017). Increase in the technological changes which is more efficient affect on the efficiency and effectiveness on energy use (Othman et al, 2009;Mujiyanto and Tiess, 2013;Skidmore, Santos and Leimona, 2014).…”

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An Empirical Study of Climate Change on Carbon Dioxide Emission in ASEAN 4: Vector Autoregression Exogenous (VARX) Approach

Putra¹,

Yuliati²,

Lestari³

2019

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Climate change is a phenomenon of environmental damage due to the increased intensity of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere, which causes the surface temperature of the earth. The carbon dioxide emission is a form of environmental degradation caused by economic activities. This study analyzed the relationship of macroeconomic variables and the carbon dioxide emission in each of the four ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand). The used of macroeconomic variables (GDP, trade openness, energy consumption, and the exchange rate) is shown to explain the carbon dioxide emission. In this study, Vector Auto regression Exogenous (VARX) method is used to analyze the impact of economic activities on the movement of carbon dioxide emissions. The data used time series with a vulnerable time of the year 1981-2013. The estimation results from these studies show that the GDP variable has the greatest contribution to the dynamics of carbon dioxide emissions in each ASEAN 4 countries. This empirical finding suggests that economic activity has an influence on the growth of carbon dioxide emissions.

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“…The World Bank supports this conclusion by pointing to large- and medium-sized livestock as the main responsible for environmentally adverse practices (Margulis 2003 ), motivated by the high profitability of Amazonian livestock related to traditional regions. It is important to highlight that the study of land degradation is a current research theme, as explored in Graves et al ( 2015 ), Reed et al ( 2015 ), Sutton et al ( 2016 ), Medrilzam et al ( 2017 ), Kust et al ( 2017 ), and Aladejana et al ( 2018 ).…”

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Eco-efficiency in Brazilian Amazonian agriculture: opportunity costs of degradation and protection of the environment

Peña

Teixeira

Kimura

2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Smallholder Farmers and the Dynamics of Degradation of Peatland Ecosystems in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Cited by 42 publications

References 23 publications

Improving strategies for sustainability of short-term agricultural utilization on degraded peatlands in Central Kalimantan

Improving strategies for sustainability of short-term agricultural utilization on degraded peatlands in Central Kalimantan

An Empirical Study of Climate Change on Carbon Dioxide Emission in ASEAN 4: Vector Autoregression Exogenous (VARX) Approach

Eco-efficiency in Brazilian Amazonian agriculture: opportunity costs of degradation and protection of the environment

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