#peat ecosystem

Collection of peat ecosystem news, found 23 news.

Peatland restoration requires consistency, collaboration: top official

Indonesia's Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry Alue Dohong has said that there is a need to pay ...

Considering physiography vital in peatland management: ministry

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) has said that the management of peat ecosystems requires special ...

Minister attributes forest, land fires chiefly to human activities

Forest and land fires in Indonesia were mainly caused by human activities, according to Director of Forest and Land ...

Some 64 percent of peatland fires occur outside concession areas

The Pantau Gambut Platform confirmed that 64 percent of the peatland fires occurred outside concession areas, based on ...

Standardizing forest, land fire handling

Forest and land fires still pose a threat to several regions in Indonesia, especially during the dry season. Even ...

Central Kalimantan takes anticipatory measures against wildfires

Central Kalimantan is taking anticipatory measures to prevent forest and land fires ahead of the peak of the dry ...

BRGM plans to restore 360,000 hectares of peatland in 2022

The National Peatland and Mangrove Restoration Agency (BRGM) plans to restore 360 thousand hectares of peatland in 2022 ...

Indonesia's environmental quality index increased in 2021: Ministry

Indonesia's environmental quality index climbed by 1.16 points to 71.43 in 2021, from 70.27 in 2020, Director ...

Massive peatland damage connected to flooding: researcher

There is a connection between peatland damage, which causes such lands to lose their function of absorbing and storing ...

Sustainable peatland management crucial in preventing fires: President

President Joko Widodo appealed to ministries and related institutions to ensure sustainability and consistency in ...

Ministry handles forest fires with a hotspot approach

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry was working on a system to prevent forest and land fires with a hotspot ...

News Focus - ITPC expected to promote sustainable peatland ecosystem management by Fardah Assegaf

Peatlands, which are natural areas of the accumulated decayed plant material known as peat, have huge importance as ...

Indonesia has int`l tropical peat center

As a country with very large peat-lands, Indonesia has become a reference for countries around the world on peat-land ...

RAPP must abide by regulations: environment minister

Forestry and Environment Minister Siti Nurbaya expressed regret that the governments efforts to ensure that PT RAPP, ...

Forestry Ministry hopes no forest fire this year

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) said it hopes that this year there would be no forest fire in ...