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https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/indonesia-on-track-with-peatland-restoration-but-bogged-down-with-mangroves/>
"JAKARTA — Indonesia has recorded mixed progress in its dual programs of
restoring tropical peatlands and mangroves, acknowledging that achieving the
latter goal will be far more challenging than for the higher-profile peatlands.
The government has targeted restoring 1.2 million hectares (3 million acres) of
degraded peatlands and 600,000 hectares (1.5 million acres) of degraded
mangroves by 2024, with both programs overseen by the Peatland and Mangrove
Restoration Agency (BRGM).
In 2021, the first year for both programs, the BRGM recorded significant
progress on peatlands, restoring 300,000 hectares (741,000 acres), or a quarter
of the total. On the second goal, however, billed as the most ambitious
mangrove rehabilitation program in the world, it managed to restore just 34,911
hectares (86,267 acres), or less than 6% of the total.
“There’s still a lot of work that we have to do until 2024, considering that
our target is 600,000 hectares,” Satyawan Pudyatmoko, the BRGM deputy for
planning and evaluation, said at a recent online event.
Both programs are crucial in Indonesia’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions; much of the country’s emissions come from deforestation and land-use
change, including the clearing of peatlands for oil palm and pulpwood
plantations, and mangroves for shrimp and fish farms.
Indonesia has the world’s largest area of tropical peatland, holding about 46
billion tons of carbon, and the largest extent of mangrove forest, which holds
3.1 billion tons. But the country has been losing both landscapes at alarming
rates; a 2018 report by the Center on International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
estimated Indonesia had lost 40% of its mangroves in the past three decades."
Via Future Crunch Feb 17, 2022:
https://futurecrunch.com/goodnews-measles-wolves-energy-down-under/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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