The potential role of coconut in improving the sustainability of agriculture on tropical peatland: A case study of 32 years’ practice in Pulau Burung District

Catastrophic forest and land fires have turned a global spotlight on tropical peatlands in Indonesia. The consequent reformulation of Indonesian land-use policy has been complicated by the existence of two apparently opposing objectives, namely conservation and development. In many regions of the co...

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Autores principales:	Nurul I. Fawzi, Annisa N. Rahmasary, Ika Z. Qurani
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Publicado:	International Mire Conservation Group and International Peat Society 2021
Materias:	biopeat-pine nes transmigrants socioeconomic development sumatra water management Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ad88cbe65b4243cbb2ab644140caeddb2021-11-17T22:44:35ZThe potential role of coconut in improving the sustainability of agriculture on tropical peatland: A case study of 32 years’ practice in Pulau Burung District10.19189/MaP.2021.OMB.StA.22041819-754Xhttps://doaj.org/article/ad88cbe65b4243cbb2ab644140caeddb2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://mires-and-peat.net/media/map27/map27_30.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1819-754XCatastrophic forest and land fires have turned a global spotlight on tropical peatlands in Indonesia. The consequent reformulation of Indonesian land-use policy has been complicated by the existence of two apparently opposing objectives, namely conservation and development. In many regions of the country, peatland agriculture is one of the pillars of development, but its sustainability is questioned. This article focuses on a coconut plantation managed by local stakeholders on peatland in Pulau Burung District (Riau Province) where excellent productivity has been achieved, promoting Indonesia as the world's largest supplier of coconut. Quantitative and qualitative approaches are employed to examine the sustainability of this agricultural system over a period of 32 years; in terms of water management, land management and socioeconomic development. The fundamental determinant of sustainability in this system is integrated water management which confined the annual range of water table fluctuations in 2018–2019 to 25–71 cm below ground surface. The resulting long-term rate of subsidence is 1.7 cm yr-1, or up to 80 % lower than reported from peatland agriculture elsewhere. The combination of water management, land management and shared understanding in Pulau Burung means that the risk of peat fires is minimal. In 2013–2018, the plantation produced coconuts at an average rate of 6,500 ha-1 yr-1. This converts to the standard international unit of copra productivity as 1.3 t ha 1 yr-1, which is 55 % higher than the productivity achieved by Indonesia as a whole and 20 % higher than the corresponding global figure. A significant socioeconomic outcome has been the elevation of a village to a district encompassing 14 villages, with attendant benefits for local people in terms of living conditions and improved access to food, goods, services and education. We conclude that the integrated water management and interdependence of local stakeholders in Pulau Burung has managed to balance the peatland's role in developing human welfare with maintenance of the hosting environment over several decades.Nurul I. FawziAnnisa N. RahmasaryIka Z. QuraniInternational Mire Conservation Group and International Peat Societyarticlebiopeat-pinenes transmigrantssocioeconomic developmentsumatrawater managementEcologyQH540-549.5ENMires and Peat, Vol 27, Iss 30, Pp 1-18 (2021)
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spellingShingle	biopeat-pine nes transmigrants socioeconomic development sumatra water management Ecology QH540-549.5 Nurul I. Fawzi Annisa N. Rahmasary Ika Z. Qurani The potential role of coconut in improving the sustainability of agriculture on tropical peatland: A case study of 32 years’ practice in Pulau Burung District
description	Catastrophic forest and land fires have turned a global spotlight on tropical peatlands in Indonesia. The consequent reformulation of Indonesian land-use policy has been complicated by the existence of two apparently opposing objectives, namely conservation and development. In many regions of the country, peatland agriculture is one of the pillars of development, but its sustainability is questioned. This article focuses on a coconut plantation managed by local stakeholders on peatland in Pulau Burung District (Riau Province) where excellent productivity has been achieved, promoting Indonesia as the world's largest supplier of coconut. Quantitative and qualitative approaches are employed to examine the sustainability of this agricultural system over a period of 32 years; in terms of water management, land management and socioeconomic development. The fundamental determinant of sustainability in this system is integrated water management which confined the annual range of water table fluctuations in 2018–2019 to 25–71 cm below ground surface. The resulting long-term rate of subsidence is 1.7 cm yr-1, or up to 80 % lower than reported from peatland agriculture elsewhere. The combination of water management, land management and shared understanding in Pulau Burung means that the risk of peat fires is minimal. In 2013–2018, the plantation produced coconuts at an average rate of 6,500 ha-1 yr-1. This converts to the standard international unit of copra productivity as 1.3 t ha 1 yr-1, which is 55 % higher than the productivity achieved by Indonesia as a whole and 20 % higher than the corresponding global figure. A significant socioeconomic outcome has been the elevation of a village to a district encompassing 14 villages, with attendant benefits for local people in terms of living conditions and improved access to food, goods, services and education. We conclude that the integrated water management and interdependence of local stakeholders in Pulau Burung has managed to balance the peatland's role in developing human welfare with maintenance of the hosting environment over several decades.
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author	Nurul I. Fawzi Annisa N. Rahmasary Ika Z. Qurani
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title	The potential role of coconut in improving the sustainability of agriculture on tropical peatland: A case study of 32 years’ practice in Pulau Burung District
title_short	The potential role of coconut in improving the sustainability of agriculture on tropical peatland: A case study of 32 years’ practice in Pulau Burung District
title_full	The potential role of coconut in improving the sustainability of agriculture on tropical peatland: A case study of 32 years’ practice in Pulau Burung District
title_fullStr	The potential role of coconut in improving the sustainability of agriculture on tropical peatland: A case study of 32 years’ practice in Pulau Burung District
title_full_unstemmed	The potential role of coconut in improving the sustainability of agriculture on tropical peatland: A case study of 32 years’ practice in Pulau Burung District
title_sort	potential role of coconut in improving the sustainability of agriculture on tropical peatland: a case study of 32 years’ practice in pulau burung district
publisher	International Mire Conservation Group and International Peat Society
publishDate	2021
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The potential role of coconut in improving the sustainability of agriculture on tropical peatland: A case study of 32 years’ practice in Pulau Burung District

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