Presented by Iman Santoso at the International Tropical Peatland Center (ITPC) soft launch, on 30 October 2018, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

1. BEST PRACTICES ON INDONESIA’S
PEATLAND MANAGEMENT :
LESSON LEARNT, OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES
IMAN SANTOSO
Jakarta, 30 October 2018

2. MISSION
Managing water level to keep optimal soil moisture
GOALS
1. Controlling subsidence;
2. Optimizing tree growth;
3. Controlling GHG emission;
4. Avoiding wild fire
MAIN EFFORTS:
1. Land and water management;
2. Infrastructures and equipment;
3. Land Zoning;
4. Community based protection and fire early warning system
program (Desa Bebas Api and Desa Makmur Peduli Api etc);
PEATLAND MANAGEMENT FOR TIMBER PLANTATION

3. Planning
- Topography and water level survey
- Peat depth survey
- Spatial planning
- Canal design
- Water zonation
- Define water balance

5. Construction of Infrastructures
-Canals & roads
-Dam and water gate/partition
-Water Outlet and sediment dam

6. Monitoring and controlling
- Rain and peat water level
- Canal water level
- Volume and flow of water
- Peat character
- Subsidence

7. Lesson Learnt
Proper utilization:
• Productive land for specific species and uses; except
peat dome
• Water management is a key success;
• Avoiding wild fire and control emission;
• Community involvement is a must.
Chalenges:
• High investment;
• Technology advancement;
• Conservation and development debate;
• Competing land uses with other land-based
development

8. Opportunities
• Remaining unused peatland allocated
for plantation;
• High demand of wood based products;
• Paludicultures and ecosystem services

9. Peralatan untuk Penanggulangan kebakaran
Equipment of Fire Prevention

10. BAMBI bucket (capacity 1.000 ltr) BAMBI bucket (Capacity 400 ltr)Regu Penanggulangan Kebakaran
Training

11. Patroli
Monitoring Sosialisasi

12. Spillways
Sekat
kanal
Thank You