Sebagian besar lahan gambut di Riau telah diubah untuk kegiatan pertanian. Konversi lahan tersebut mengakibatkan perubahan jenis vegetasi yang mengganggu siklus P dalam tanah karena adanya perubahan populasi dan ...

Synthetic plastic has the disadvantage of being difficult to decompose in nature, causing environmental problems. To overcome the problem of accumulation of plastic waste, the use of environmentally friendly plastics ...

Kampar Peninsula is one of the peat areas that has a high conservation value in Riau. Most of this areas have been converted into agriculture, plantations, and industrial plantation forests. This activity will ...

Peatlands are the result of the decomposition of organic matter under anaerobic conditions that naturally accumulated over hundreds of years. A massive conversion of land function can lead to peatland degradation which ...

Teluk Meranti is one of the peatland ecosystems that most of the regions have been converted into oil palm plantations, industrial forest plantation, and settlement. Environmental conditions disrupted by the land conversions ...

Conventional plastics are difficult to degrade and can pollute the environment. Therefore, another alternative to replace conventional plastic is needed by using bioplastics which are more biodegradable. The purpose of ...

Bacterial cellulose is pure cellulose synthesized by various species of bacteria. Bacterial cellulose can be applied in the medical field as a substitute for non-halal gelatine. This study purposed to isolate and produce ...

Bacterial cellulose is a biopolymer produced by acetic acid bacteria through oxidative fermentation. Bacterial cellulose is used in various industrial fields, especially paper production due to its excellent physical-chemical ...

Dark Septate Endopyte is an Ascomycetes endophytic fungus capable of colonizing plant roots with a melanized structure in the form of dark septate hyphae and microsclerotia. DSE fungus helps in the absorption of nutrients ...

Ground-dwelling ants build underground nests in peatland areas that have been converted into acacia plantation (“HTI”). The activity of the ants, such as bringing foods into their nests and excreting can alter the substrate ...