Abstract:
There are many reasons that we should do restoration in peatland in Riau Biosphere Reserve From study
show that large logged over forest areas, make the dry peat land to wet, need to re-establishing canopy species
that produce non timber forest product, low regeneration capability of certain typical canopy tree species,
selecting suitable tree species, develop ways to produce seedlings, and how to develop organizations at the
village level that will encourage them to plant the trees wi l l ingly Restoration experiment was carried out in
degraded peat swamp forest ecosystem in Bukit Bam Wild Life Reserve and Tanning Leban village of Riau
Biosphere Reserve started from June 2010 Establishing nursery in the forest areas and village was targeted to
get seedlings materials We encouraged continuously local community to involve in restoration activities
Encouraging institution in village level, such as Kelompok Masyarakat Peduh Hilton (KMPH) Temiang
Village and Kelompok Masyarakat Lestan Hutan Gambut (KV1LHG) Tanning Leban Village will be the key
processes in achieving sustainable restoration of degraded peatland ecosystem in Riau Biosphere Reserve
Cratoxylon arborescens, Dyera lowii, Callophyllum lowii. Palaquium burckn and Tetramensta glabra are
promising species to be used restoration in degraded peatland.