PEATLAND RESTORATION IN RIAU BIOSPHERE RESERVE, INDONESIA

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.